Though it has been moved and reduced in size, this depot is an important survivor of the Gainesville & Northwestern Railroad.
Nacoochee Valley Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
The owner of this property notes that there was once a store located across the highway.
This impressive stock barn at Woodland [it may have been used as a dairy] is one of the largest of its type in this section of South Georgia. Several other smaller barns are scattered on the property but many have been lost over the years. The other two structures depicted are the most important surviving dependencies; my identifications are educated guesses and if I’m incorrect, I’ll update.
This was likely a commissary or warehouse.
This may have been the plantation schoolhouse. Its architecture suggests that it is somewhat contemporary to the main house.
These tenant properties were part of Woodland Plantation. I believe most were demolished by 2020.
They provide an interesting example of the evolution of tenant housing in the early 20th century.
The Folk Victorian/Queen Anne example may have been an overseers house. (Interior view)
It’s a nice vernacular interpretation and features board-and-batten walls.
These are two of the best-preserved houses of this style I have found. Once common throughout Georgia, they’re increasingly rare today.
Joe Hopkins writes that this the was commissary for the turpentine operations at Toledo. I would go there on Saturday mornings when I was a kid with my great uncle to pay off the turpentine employees. The store housed basic staples and dry goods for the workers living at the Toledo settlement and the business records of the company. The dirt road on the porch side of the commissary was the original road running from Folkston to St.George.
This is a rear/side view of the depot. It has one of the most unusual configurations I’ve seen and may have been modified in some way over time. I am unsure as to the date it was constructed.