
Pyramidal Cottage, Twin City
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This log building once served as the Willacoochee library. It has most recently been used as a thrift shop by the United Methodist Church.

Floyd Cross writes: This was the home of Joseph Ellie Cross & family; He was the Masonic leader in 1913 when the 1st lodge was built which later became the Bank of Midville & now the city hall. In Sept. 1939 he & most of his family were killed in a horrific auto & log truck collision at the Hopeyoulikeit intersection near Statesboro. His wife was paralyzed in the accident & received specialized care in the house until her demise in about 1960.

Some might call this style Gothic Revival and others, Queen Anne. Its construction date would suggest the influence of both.


I’ve been passing this old farmhouse all my life and somehow it has survived. It looked just like this 20 years ago, so maybe it will be around for a long time to come. It’s actually a pyramidal roof cottage with and extension at the back.



I’ve always liked this house and was amazed it was still someone’s home until very recently. It appears to have taken on some storm damage since the last time I was through Lilly.

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!!