Category Archives: Wefanie GA
Turpentine Cabin, Wefanie
This tenant house was part of the Jim Parker turpentine/timber operation. Along with the privy and barn in the two posts that follow this one, it was recently exposed when the surrounding woods were thinned.
Wefanie was never really a town in the proper sense of the word, but was a busy logging and turpentine community with its own whistle-stop in its prime. I have no idea where the name originates.
The cardboard seen below was used for insulation.
As the Fanta carton would suggest, this was probably occupied well beyond the turpentine era. This is one sight I’m glad to see vanishing.
Filed under --LONG COUNTY GA--, Wefanie GA
Privy, Wefanie
Old privies, or outhouses as they’re more commonly known in our neck of the woods, are quite rare these days. They’re still found at some country churches and a few people have retained them on family properties, but most seen today are reproductions put to other uses, such as tool or potting sheds.
Filed under --LONG COUNTY GA--, Wefanie GA
Vanishing Georgia: Photographs by Brian Brown 