Walker's Service Station, U.S. Highway 341, 175 feet southeast of South Church Stree, Odum, Wayne County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA-2269, with a 447-word written history.
“Walker's Service Station is historically significant as a c. commercial structure located within the town of Odum.”
Written record, HABS GA-2269 survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA-2269 · the record runs 447 words · one of 12 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2269. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
Walker's Service Station is historically significant as a c. commercial structure located within the town of Odum. It contributes to an understanding of the commercial development of this early twentieth century railroad town Description: The Walker Service Station is constructed of brick which has been stuccoed over. Architectural details include a front gable roof, a tongue and groove ceiling, and wood casement windows. The front canopy displays a tongue and groove ceiling, metal supports and exposed rafters. The side porte-cochere, which has begun to collapse, displays brick construction covered in stucco, exposed rafters, and brick piers with battered Doric columns. A non-historic brick bu;_J <:ling is located to the east.
An interior wall has been removed between the two buildings, resulting in shared interior space. History: Constructed c. the Walkers acquired this building on September 4, when Walker purchased it from the Aspinwall estate (Wayne County Deed Book 53, page Aspinwall had purchased the building from the Odum Banking Company on January 27, (Wayne County Deed Book 40, page . A service station was operated on the site at least as early as the according to deed references. The station closed in At one time, a restaurant was operated out of the same building.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2269. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
Gail Anne D'Avino Georgia Department of Transportation Aviation Circle Atlanta, Georgia WALKER'S SERVICE STATION (Commercial) HABS No. GA-2269 (page 2) D TILLMAN ST. D DO oCf o 1- . dJ D (f) 0 dJ D <I: 0 a: 2J - _J <I: a: -~ w B_J CARTER ST. ~ WALKER'S SERVICE ST A TION _ ' ' S. CHRUCH ST. <ODUM I- . o CJ) 0 SITE PLAN SKETCH <I: 0 a: _J ,_, TOWN OF ODUM <I: a: >- w us IMPACT AREA 3 + 0 I- _J x <t: co MAY NO SCALE DRAWN BYs JACKSON WALKER'S SERVICE STATION (Commercial) HABS No. GA-2269 (page 3) :: : FRONT 15' --- I I I I I I I I WALL REMOVED _,)iI NEWER ADDITION I 15' I I L- - - - - 3' I I ----1-i 25' 10' _l 35' FLOOR PLAN MAY NO SCALE DRAWN 8Y1 JACKSON
| Odum, Georgia | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Wayne County, Georgia | 59 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Odum building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Odum | HABS GA-2267 | 1,377 words | |
| Poppell's Hardware | HABS GA-2271 | 529 words | |
| Odum Banking Building | HABS GA-2274 | 493 words | |
| Hires General Store | HABS GA-2272 | 463 words | |
| Ahl-Dean-Hires Building | HABS GA-2275 | 440 words | |
| Tyre House | HABS GA-2280 | 421 words | |
| Kicklighter-Daniel-Morris Building | HABS GA-2270 | 406 words | |
| Withrow House | HABS GA-2281 | 397 words | |
| Aspinwall Building | HABS GA-2289 | 394 words | |
| Aspinwall-Perkins-Hires Building | HABS GA-2273 | 363 words | |
| Peggy's Beauty Shop | HABS GA-2268 | 359 words |
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