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| Old Georgia Structures of the Past |
| Driving through an Atlanta GA. suburb I could not belief the remnants of Georgia's past were still in existence. This photograph as well as the ones below were taken in Snellville, GA.. The owner of the property explained that the shack on the right was once part of a plantation The entire property looked as if someone had turned the clock back a hundred years or so. and al the stuff on the porch could have been left there today. The covered wagon and the rusty farm equipment tell a different story. Canon EOS 7e, 28/90 MM Kodak Supra 100. |
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| O-1001 Plantation Dwelling |
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The picture to the left is not a crop from the above but a "zoom" from the same vantage point. It shows better detail of the stuff around the place and the tools hanging from walls and rafters. Is this an antique shop I asked? The owner smiled. I pressed the shutter. Canon EOS 7e, 28/90 MM Kodak Supra 100 film auto settings. Plantation quarters is the title of the picture to the right. If the structures are or not, I am not sure, but they sure look like it. Notice the red "buggy" wagon underneath the lean-to-shed contrasted in time by a modern lawn mower to the left. Canon 7e, 28/90 MM Kodak Supra 100 film auto settings. |
| O-1002 The Porch, Snellville, GA |
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On the way to Atlanta near Tilton GA, I spotted this old farm house O-1228/29. This structure was abandoned many years ago probably for being to close to the Interstate 75. Driving through the country site, I ended-up on Route 20 |
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| O-1003 Plantation Quarters | O-1206 Old Homestead, Conyers GA |
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or the Loganville Rd. south of route 78. This road goes to Conyers and has a bunch of old barns and farm homes that |
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| O-1028 Old House, Tifton GA | O-1029 Old House, Tifton GA |
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go way back. Some of these structures go way back into the 1800 hundred's. Some are still in use like the one picture in O-1214. The area is rich in civil war history related to the battle and the burning of Atlanta. |
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| O-1201 Old Barn, Conyers GA | O-1214 Dutch Barn, Loganville GA |
| The "Battle of Atlanta" was a battle of the Although the battle started on July 22, it took a desperate six weeks before it finally fell. Images O-1227 & O-1229 are of the farm house, the latter shows more sky emphasizing the smallness of the homestead in this large expanse of farm land. Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia including the area where the above images were taken. |
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Grayson New Hope Rd. (SR-84) in Grayson were in found this very old slapdash barn with an almost as old auto- mobile parked in a door-less garage. |
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| O-1227 HD Old Homestead | O-1246 Metal Barn, Loganville GA |
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IIn the left corner of the barn (O-1250) above, you see some items stored there. A closer look reveals some fire wood and several bails of hay. To the left is a closer look at, what now looks like an attractive still. Below, O-1304, Red Barn located at Rosebud Rd. Between Highway 20 and 78 South-West of Loganville. This barn is still in use however, it appears to have been moved judging from the cement block foundation pillars. |
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| O-1229 Homestead HD | O-50D_0284 Red Barn |
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| O-1251 Chevy, Grayson, GA | O-1250 Barn & Old Chevy | O-50-1471 Privy |
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| SL-1253 | O-1304 Red Barn - Rosebud Ga | O-50-0020 Monroe GA |
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GA. seems to be an area where old car bodies are kept in old barns. This one to the right appears to be either an old Ford model A or T. Further down this page, we find an old Chevy in another location. The rotary plow to the left is another item of the past. |
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| O-50D_0032 Rotary Plow | O-50D_0089 Car Body |
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| O-50-0047A Old Barn | O-50-0054C Old Chevy |
O-50-0044 Shear Plow & Tire |
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Barn architecture showing rough lumber cut & nailed by hand. Layout indicates barn was used for live stock. |
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| O-0046 Barn Architecture | O-50-0038 Junked Jeep |
| Snellville & Vicinity Ga. |
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To the left, the Snellville Methodist Church on Rt. 78 an example of striking church architecture. To the right, Snellville City Hall. Below the town of Winder and some points of interest. |
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| O-50-0254 Snellville Methodist Church | O-50-0260 Snellville City Hall |
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| O-50-08574 Clay Oven Fort Yargo, Winder |
O-50-08572 Frontier
Cabin Fort Yargo, Winder |
O-50-08566 Winder, GA Chamber/Commerce |
| Jefferson, Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm |
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The Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm originated somewhere around 1760 and has remained productive for nearly two hundred years. Most buildings standing today were constructed between 1899 and 1909 under the direction of Ira Washington Ethridge. The Farm is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a Centennial Heritage Farm. |
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O-50D-1868 Plantation
House Still occupied and therefore Off Limits |
O-50D-1852 Commissary |
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The Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm is an outdoor, agricultural museum that functions as an educational facility. It was created in 1994 as a non-profit organization with the intent to preserve the existing buildings on the current 152 acres. The Farm was started by Robert and Joseph Shields and Peggy the wife of Joseph Shields. The were tobacco farmers from Virginia who migrated to Georgia in 1790 and established themselves in the old Franklin County, GA. The current location was purchased around 1802 by Joseph and his son Patrick who worked the plantation with three slaves. The farm remained productive for nearly two hundred years planting tobacco in the very beginning and slowly changing to cotton and other crops as economic conditions demanded. During the twenties |
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Shields-Ethridge Farm is located at 2355 Ethridge Road, Jefferson, GA.
706-367-2949 http://www.shieldsethridgefarminc.com |
O-50D-1848 Parts & Tools |
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The Farm's management resorted to a greater variety of crops including nuts and corn and at some point tried cattle farming. Somewhere in the therties furniture making and automobile repair was tried in order to pay the property burden. The good days came to an end in 1945 with the demise of Ira Washington Ethridge. For nearly fifty years the Farm |
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| O-50D 1854 Grist-Mill. | O-50D 1847 Blacksmith Shop |
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was semi dormant until it was adapted in 1992 by the National Register of Historic Places as an Agriculture Outdoor Museum. In 1997 Joyce Ethridge rceived Steward-Ship Award from the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.Today, the farm is visited by many. |
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| O-50D_1842 Cotton Gin (engine) | O-50D_1849 Parts & Tools |
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| O-50D_1853 Barn | O-50D_1858 Blacksmith & Commissary Blds. | O-50D_1857 Parts &
Tools Storage Wall |
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| O-50D_1844 Blacksmith Junk | O-50D_1866 Warehouse | O-50D_1856 Yard View |
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The
above is a synopsis of "Mr. Ira's Masterpiece," by Frances Patricia
Stallings a 114 page thesis which I read with great interest. To read
this manuscript
go to:
http://www.shieldsethridgefarminc.com /pdfs/Stallings-2002-Presenting.pdf |
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| O-50D_1871 Wheat House | O-50D_1872 Pasture Shields farm |
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| O-50D_1842_2 Shields Farm CottonGin Bld. | O-50D_1845-3 Shields-Farm Spare-Parts | O-50D_1842_3
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Shields-Farm Cotton Gin Bld |
O-50D_1856_2 Shields-Farm Barn |
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The above images are 72 DPI only. However, when ordered, they are custom printed @ 1440 DPI using Epson UltraChrome art inks guaranteeing an eighty year lightfast product on Epson luster photo stock.
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