Eclectic Victorian House, Circa 1910, Jeffersonville
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Category Archives: –TWIGGS COUNTY GA–
Saddlebag Georgian Cottage, Jeffersonville
Gable Front Farmhouse & Shed Barn, Twiggs County
This utilitarian shed/barn is located on the same property as this circa 1930 bungalow.
Hall-and-Parlor House, Twiggs County
This amazing board-and-batten house features a vernacular Greek Revival facade in the form of an open front porch. It’s a very rare form.
Log Farmhouse, Twiggs County
This log farmhouse includes an attached kitchen, with siding likely added later. Window placement on the house suggests a remodel at some point.
Holliday Food Store, Higgsville
This store was owned by Marion Vinson “Doc” Holliday (1902-1987), who also served on the county commission and drove a school bus for many years. I believe it was open until the late 1980s. Thanks to Ladonna Johnson for the identification.
I’ve not been able to find much information about Higgsville. A post office was established here in 1833 and A. B. Higgs was the first postmaster. The post office closed in 1843. It’s not on any map today, but the name lives on through an historic African-American church in the community. I suspect it was a plantation community and may have been a ghost town by the end of the Civil War. It appears on census rolls at least until 1940.
Saddlebag House, Twiggs County
This board-and-batten saddlebag house was likely a tenant dwelling.
Single-Pen Log House, Circa 1890, Twiggs County
Tenant Farmhouse, Twiggs County
Dry Branch, Georgia
Other than a mid-century post office, now abandoned and replaced by a newer structure on Highway 80, this is the only public building I found in Dry Branch. I believe it has recently been restored. A portion of Dry Branch is located in Bibb County, but I believe this is in Twiggs County.
Linda Clark writes: “It was a General Store many years ago. My grandfather was the depot agent at the depots that were just across the tracks from the store.” Charles Brown, Jr., adds that it was also a restaurant at one time.