The property surrounding this front gable bungalow has recently been cleared, suggesting it’s likely to soon be redeveloped. This is one of just a few surviving vernacular structures in the scattered community known as Jewtown. The community got its name from the Levison brothers, who had a thriving store about a mile east of Gascoigne Bluff. They called it Levisonton but the name didn’t stick and residents referred to the area as Jewtown. Like the other two historic African-American communities on St. Simons, Harrington and South End, Jewtown is largely indistinguishable from the rest of the island today. I believe the cottage dates to circa 1940-1945, making it a relatively late construction for the community.
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Bungalow, 1940s, St. Simons Island
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, Jewtown GA, St. Simons Island GA
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Milton Wilson House, Circa 1900, Hog Hammock
Hog Hammock Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Hog Hammock GA, Sapelo Island GA
Tagged as --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, African-American Culture of Coastal Georgia, © Brian Brown/Vanishing Media, Barrier Islands of Coastal Georgia, Endangered Culture of Coastal Georgia, Gullah-Geechee Culture, Hog Hammock GA, Houses of Coastal Georgia, Landmarks of Coastal Georgia, National Register of Historic Places, Vernacular Architecture of Coastal Georgia
Johnson House, Circa 1880, Johnson Hammock
This is the last surviving double-pen house on Sapelo and among the oldest surviving houses on the island.
Hog Hammock Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Johnson Hammock GA, Sapelo Island GA
Tagged as --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, African-American Culture of Coastal Georgia, © Brian Brown/Vanishing Media, Barrier Islands of Coastal Georgia, Endangered Culture of Coastal Georgia, Endangered Places of Coastal Georgia, Gullah-Geechee Culture, Houses of Coastal Georgia, Johnson Hammock GA, National Register of Historic Places, Sapelo Island GA, Vernacular Architecture of Coastal Georgia
Benny & Viola Johnson House, 1925, Johnson Hammock
I believe this house has been restored since I photographed it.
Hog Hammock Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Johnson Hammock GA, Sapelo Island GA
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Fred’s Place, Johnson Hammock
Fred’s Place has been described as a “juke joint” and center of social activity, owned by Fred and Flora Johnson. The structure dates to circa 1900, but the usage as a juke joint would have been a good bit later, I believe.
Hog Hammock Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Johnson Hammock GA
Tagged as --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, African-American Culture of Coastal Georgia, © Brian Brown/Vanishing Media, Barrier Islands of Coastal Georgia, Endangered Culture of Coastal Georgia, Endangered Places of Coastal Georgia, Gullah-Geechee Culture, Johnson Hammock GA, Landmarks of Coastal Georgia, National Register of Historic Places, Sapelo Island GA, Vernacular Architecture of Coastal Georgia
Hall House, Sapelo Island
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Sapelo Island GA
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Randolf Williams House, Hog Hammock
A neighbor of Mr. Williams told me he was known in the neighborhood as the chicken man. This was his coop, made from available materials.
The neighbor also noted that some of his chickens are probably still roaming around Hog Hammock. I don’t know if this is one of them, but I’d like to think so.
Hog Hammock Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Hog Hammock GA, Sapelo Island GA
Tagged as --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, African-American Culture of Coastal Georgia, Barrier Islands of Coastal Georgia, Endangered Culture of Coastal Georgia, Endangered Places of Coastal Georgia, Gullah-Geechee Culture, Hog Hammock GA, Houses of Coastal Georgia, Landmarks of Coastal Georgia, National Register of Historic Places, Sapelo Island GA, Vernacular Architecture of Coastal Georgia
Dan Dixon House, 1930, Hog Hammock
Hog Hammock Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Hog Hammock GA, Sapelo Island GA
Tagged as --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, African-American Culture of Coastal Georgia, © Brian Brown/Vanishing Media, Barrier Islands of Coastal Georgia, Endangered Culture of Coastal Georgia, Endangered Places of Coastal Georgia, Gullah-Geechee Culture, Hog Hammock GA, Landmarks of Coastal Georgia, National Register of Historic Places, Sapelo Island GA, Vernacular Architecture of Coastal Georgia