I believe this was located beside these warehouses. I photographed it in 2014 and don’t know if it’s still standing.
Storage Shed, Stapleton
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Category Archives: Stapleton GA
Warehouse, Stapleton
This was likely a cotton warehouse. As I’ve said before, these often overlooked structures are important landmarks in the agriculturally focused communities they served and we should learn as much about them as we can.
James Stapleton Jr. House, 1886, Stapleton
Dr. Fay Stapleton Burnett, who has numerous family connections to the area, writes: When we went to Stapleton Ga. today, I discovered this house was originally owned by James Stapleton Jr. (1862-1941), son of Col. James Stapleton and my Grandfather’s half brother. He later moved from this house to the home of the late Mrs. Marguerite Newsome, just down the street. It is a large white two story home with a great old barn across the road – perhaps it has been posted as well. The glass globes on the weather vane/lightning rods were light lavender today. I thought they were more red in color, so not sure if they change with temperature and conditions, or I am just wrong!!
First Baptist Church, Stapleton
This congregation was organized in 1905. This structure is likely contemporary to that date, or very near it.
Stapleton, Georgia
Originally known as Spread Oak, and then just Spread, the town’s name was changed in 1885 in honor of Colonel James Stapleton upon the building of the Augusta, Gibson & Sandersville Railroad. It was incorporated in 1906.
John P. Rabun, Jr., says that many of the commercial buildings in Stapleton were owned by and some possibly built by his grandfather, John Palmer Rabun (1879-1966) who was a farmer, businessman and Jefferson County’s representative in the state legislature at one time.
Queen Anne Cottage, 1915, Stapleton
Agricultural Warehouses, Stapleton
Commercial Ruins, Stapleton
James Lee Hobbs Company, Stapleton
This shotgun building once served as a general store. It’s now the office for a feed & farm supply business.
Bank of Stapleton
This wonderful bank stands at the corner of the commercial block seen in the next post. The mosaic brickwork is significant and is certainly worth preserving.
Vanishing Georgia: Photographs by Brian Brown 
