Tag Archives: Vernacular Architecture of Coastal Georgia
Central Hallway House Ruins, 1894, Groveland
This house is of a form very common in late-19th-century Georgia.
Filed under --BRYAN COUNTY GA--, Groveland GA
Gable Front House, Liberty County
This is a typical house style of early-20th-century Coastal Georgia. This example is located near Midway.
Filed under --LIBERTY COUNTY GA--
Bungalow, 1940s, St. Simons Island
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.
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, Jewtown GA, St. Simons Island GA
Gable Front Cottage, Carnigan
Vernacular housing of the early 20th century, much of it related to the Gullah-Geechee community, is growing much rarer on the coast. Survivors are important links to the cultural history of the region, though I know of no effort to preserve them or their history.
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Carnigan GA
Hip-Roof Cottages, Meridian
Hidden on the edge of the road by thick woods today, these utilitarian hip-roof/pyramidal cottages are some of the last surviving examples of a vernacular style that was once widespread among the African-American communities of the coastal counties, as well as many areas of the state.
Because of their isolation, there is not a good way to photograph them other than showing them in their present state. They will eventually succumb to the ravages of time, but I think they are very important examples.
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Meridian GA
Central Hallway House, Pembroke
Pembroke Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --BRYAN COUNTY GA--, Pembroke GA
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
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
