Georgia - The Forgotten South

Georgia Historic Sites

Antebellum

All That Remains of Powelton Village

This sleepy crossroads in rural Georgia used to be an important town along well-traveled travel routes. But today, very little remains of the community.

Churches

Schoolhouse in South Georgia

This modest building served as both a school and church for a rural Georgia community.

Genealogy

Rural Doctors Office and Farmhouse in South Georgia

This home and the adjacent building once served as a farmhouse and doctors office for a rural farming community in South Georgia.

Antebellum

Crossroads Farmhouse Condemned in Georgia

This farmhouse in Georgia started out as a log cabin in the 1850s, growing over time to accommodate an important local family.

Genealogy

Historic Georgia Mansion Inspired by a Dream

The first portion of this massive home in Georgia was built in 1894 and expanded 10 years later after the owner had a vision of it in a dream.

Foy Family

Georgia Mansion and the Croatan Indians

This house was built in the 1890s by one of the wealthiest men in Georgia at that time.

Antebellum

This Georgia Farmhouse Started as a Log Cabin

Built in the late 1700s, this log cabin home was expanded over time to accommodate a growing family in rural Georgia.

Georgia

Legendary Local BBQ Joint Still a Roadside Landmark

This roadside Georgia BBQ hut was legendary amongst locals but is closed today.

Farewell Transmission

Georgia Tenant Cabin from the Turpentine Days

Built in the 1920s, this Georgia tenant cabin was used to house farmers on an expansive turpentine operation

Georgia

Historic Whistlestop Served Community in Many Ways

It might look forlorn today but at one point, this brick building offered important services to the rural community that once surrounded it.

Cars

Family General Store Closed Since the 1980s

This store served a small but vibrant community that emerged when a sawmill was constructed nearby in the 1870s.

Genealogy

Georgia Farmhouse from the 1870s Remains Mostly Unchanged

Built in the 1870s by the Tippins Family, this home has never been painted and remains in nearly original condition.

Georgia

Historic Georgia Home Relocated for Restoration

Built for a judge in a small Georgia town, this home has since been relocated by a relative to be restored.

Georgia

Historic Honey Pot is a Local Landmark

This brick building has served its community as a post office, an apiary, and today, as a favorite local landmark.

Georgia

An Old House Left to Fall on Its Own

This home raised many children on a once expansive farm. Today is has been left to fall.

[Jackson County, GA]

Antebellum

A Historic Georgia Church Down a Picturesque Dirt Road

This church stands as one of the few reminders of a crossroads community in South Georgia that has long-since disappeared.

Georgia

A Unique Historic Home in Georgia inspired by Oscar Wilde

This empty house was once the crown jewel of its Georgia town, with architecture inspired by Oscar Wilde. Today, there is hope she will be brought back to glory.

Antebellum

Historic Georgia Building Served as a Store, Jail, and Courthouse

Built in 1821, this place has served as a courthouse, a jail, a school, a stagecoach stop, and a general store.

[Newton County, GA]

Antebellum

Abandoned Nolan Plantation in Georgia Stands Empty

The abandoned Nolan Plantation in Georgia represents agricultural history that reaches back to slavery and through the sharecropping era.

Antebellum

Greek Revival Plantation Home on the Hill

This remarkable example of Greek Revival architecture has endured the ups and downs that the rest of the nation did through war, depression, and dramatic shifts.

[Hancock County, GA]