Category Archives: Waynesboro GA

Sturges-Burton-Cates House, 1880, Waynesboro

This Folk Victorian landmark was built for Miss Philoclia Whitehead Sturges, a music teacher at Waynesboro Academy. Thomas J. Burton and his wife Sarah bought the home in 1883 and it has remained in the family ever since.

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Lawson-Mobley House, 1891, Waynesboro

This Queen Anne cottage was built circa 1891 for Judge Edward Floyd Lawson and was later owned by his niece, Mrs. Ruby Lee Davis Carswell.

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Green-Erwin House, 1896, Waynesboro

This was the home of Moses Edwin & Carrie Fulcher Green. Their unmarried children, Linwood and Edwina, inherited the house and were active Burke County preservationists and historians.

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Simeon Bell House, Circa 1881, Waynesboro

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Ellen Wimberly House, Waynesboro

This Victorian cottage is presently used by Saint Michael’s Episcopal Church as a community outreach center.

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Saint Michael’s Episcopal Church, 1895, Waynesboro

The congregation was established in 1889 and the church built in 1895.

Steadman House, Circa 1917, Waynesboro

This Spanish Colonial/Mission Revival home, built circa 1917 for George Steadman, is one of the most architecturally unique in Waynesboro.

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

 

Colonial Revival Cottage, 1925, Waynesboro

This home is typical of the eclectic styles of the early 20th century, being essentially a Georgian cottage with Neoclassical and Colonial Revival elements.

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Georgian Cottage, Waynesboro

Though not evident in the front facade, this is a Georgian cottage, as revealed in the second photograph.

Real estate listings date the house to 1900, but I believe it’s of earlier construction, perhaps 1870s.

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Neely-Brown House, 1900s, Waynesboro

This home was built for Alvin Neely in the early 1900s.