Tag Archives: Georgia Historic Sites

Grey House, Circa 1818, Wilkes County

Built by Job Callaway to replace the family’s first dwelling (akin to the log cabin seen in previous post), this Federal Plain-style house was home to the Callaway family until 1869, when the larger plantation house was constructed. Originally located across the highway on the site of the Washington-Wilkes County Airport, it was moved here in the 1960s. It’s furnished with period antiques today.

National Register of Historic Places

 

Heard Cabin, Circa 1785, Wilkes County

Originally located on Mark Heard’s land between Sandtown and Danburg, this cabin was removed to the Callaway Plantation to replace the original Callaway cabin of the same era that burned down while in use as a kitchen for the Grey House. It’s typical of late-18th-century pioneer housing on the Georgia frontier.

National Register of Historic Places