Tag Archives: Georgia Shotgun Houses
Double Shotgun Tenant House, Terrell County
This once-common form has become quite rare today. The house is divided into two residences by a wall through the middle.
Filed under --TERRELL COUNTY GA--
Shimmy Burt House, Waverly Hall
From a visitor named Lynn: A black man Called Shimmy aka Mr. Burt lived here. He lived here alone & his family lived about 2 miles away. He was my dad’s best friend. They both served in the Korean War together. My dad lived at 7038 GA Highway 208, two houses down from here. I spent a lot of my childhood in the front room by the wood heater. In the late 90s Mr Burt accidentally fell on the heater, burning his legs so bad they had to be removed. He moved into The Nursing Home in Waverly Hall. My dad passed away in 1997 & Mr Burt passed away 2000. They were lifelong friends!
Filed under --HARRIS COUNTY GA--, Waverly Hall GA
Turpentine Cabin, Tetlow
This is about as good a view as can be had of this shotgun house in northwestern Wayne County. It’s located in the vicinity of Tetlow, which still exists on the map and in a nearby road name, but seems lost to history otherwise. Because there are the remains of several nearly identical shotgun houses at the site, I presume this was a turpentine camp at one time. The area in which its located was heavily involved in the naval stores and timber industries throughout much of the twentieth century; the camp was likely abandoned by the 1960s.
Filed under --WAYNE COUNTY GA--, Tetlow GA
Shotgun House, Crisp County
The porch is an unfortunate later addition, but the house seems to be in otherwise original condition.
Filed under --CRISP COUNTY GA--
Vanishing Georgia: Photographs by Brian Brown 