Whirligigs can be very whimsical, but many are utilitarian, like this one I photographed in the Odessadale community several years ago.
Whirligig, Odessadale
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Vernacular Houses, Odessadale
There are at least two of these hip-roofed utilitarian structures remaining in Odessadale. The form was once much more common in the area.
Branch Hebron Missionary Baptist Church, Odessadale
This church, founded by ex-slaves in 1868, is the center of the African-American community in Odessadale.
Odessadale United Methodist Church, Circa 1903, Meriwether County
The Odessadale Methodist Church was organized in the local school house in 1897. Miss Odessa Thompson, a Baptist, gave the congregation an acre-and-a-half of land. A Sunday School was established in 1901 or 1902 and this church built soon thereafter.
Vanishing Georgia: Photographs by Brian Brown 