This was built as the winter home of J. W. Paxton of Wheeling, West Virginia. A fine, fully-restored example of Victorian Gothic, it’s now home to The Paxton Historic House Hotel.
Tockwotton-Love Place Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Dr. W. W. Bruce built this home in 1885 and it was later inherited by his daughter, Helen Bruce. Dr. Bruce’s father, Dr. Robert Bruce, was famed for his treatment of Typhoid fever.
Tockwotton-Love Place Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Tockwotton-Love Place Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Tockwotton-Love Place Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This house originally featured a central tower. It was built between-1890-1893. Watt was a successful hardware merchant and is thought to have opened the first chain of hardware stores in the state and perhaps the nation.
‘Tockwotton-Love Place Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This house was originally one story and faced Remington Avenue. When the front lot of the property was sold it was reoriented to face Hansell Street and a second floor and columns added. The original entrance is shown above.
Tockwotton-Love Place Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Tockwotton-Love Place Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This is the oldest house in the neighborhood and has been credited to the noted English-born Georgia architect John Wind for Judge Augustin Hansell. Hansell Street was named for Judge Hansell.
In her thesis, (Not So) Gone with the Wind: The Architecture of John Wind, Athens, 2019, Sophia Latz writes: “To be frank, there is no definitive that the Hansell House is a John Wind home. His signature touches are there, like square columns, detailed woodwork, designed entrance, but there is not one notice in the old newspapers, nor any reference made. The National Register nomination of the property marks Wind as the architect, but there is no further evidence given. This seems to be the way of John Wind, with his homes neither no longer extant or no records kept. With this in mind, the house is a testament to craftsmanship at large.“
Tockwotton-Love Place Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Though it’s among Thomasville’s oldest neighborhoods, the Tockwotton district is characterized by various turn-of-the-century revivals. This was the home of R. C. Balfour, who operated a popular downtown saloon before Prohibition, which came early to Thomasville, in 1899. Balfour diversified and created Georgia Crate & Basket, which is still in business today. His sons created the Balfour Lumber Company and all of the boards used in the construction of the house were hand picked.
Tockwotton-Love Place Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Tockwotton-Love Place Historic District, National Register of Historic Places