Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House, County Road 130, east of Intersection U.S. 27 & State Route 1, Bluffton

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The Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House is a c. Saddlebag. It is significant for its architecture as a representative example of a Saddlebag house type. Description: The Rambo-Bell-Redding Tenant House is a c. one-story Saddlebag. The original building measures 25 feet wide by 16 feet deep. Later additions of unknown date include a front porch and a rear shed addition. The house is of frame construction with clapboard siding, and rests on a stone pier foundation. The original portion of the house possesses a tin gable roof and a central chimney. Both the front porch and rear addition possess shed roofs. Two front doors are noted on the front elevation, and a single door on the rear elevation.

The windows on the south elevation are boarded over, however, the remaining windows are intact and are six-over-six double-hung sash type. The interior of the Saddlebag possesses an intact floor plan. The one feature of distinction is the single remaining fireplace mantel, which is a simple carved wood structure with pilasters and an overmantel. History: The land on which the tenant house is located was originally part of the Dan Rambo Estate. In August Margaret Ann Rambo Helfish, daughter of Dan Rambo, sold portions of her father's estate to and Jack Bell. The Bell's purchase included 53 acres from Land Lot 30, the lot which contains the tenant house and the associated farmhouse. The Bell's reportedly lived in the farmhouse and used the tenant house as rental property.

Although no record of a sale of any of the Bell's land could be located, a plat drawn for and Jack Bell in December revealed that the Bell's land-holdings in Land Lot 30 had been reduced to acres. In September Kate Bell O'Connell, an heir of and Jack Bell, sold the RAMBO-BELL-REDDING TENANT HOUSE HABS No. GA-2300 (Page 2) acre parcel to Phil Redding. The property was described as "the Bell Homeplace." Mr. Redding is the current owner of the property containing the tenant house and the associated farmhouse, and resides in the farmhouse. The farmhouse has undergone extensive alterations. The tenant house is an intact representation of a Saddlebag house type. It is presently unoccupied and used for storage.

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Interview with Phil Redding, property owner, conducted by Lauren A. Cotton, August 29, Bluffton, Georgia. Interview with Billie Ann Bruner, local historian, conducted by Lauren A. Cotton, March, 17, Fort Gaines, Georgia. Deed Book Q Page 13, Deed Book T Page 76, Plat Book L Page Clay County Courthouse, Fort Gaines, Georgia.

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