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6296 Cooper Street (House), Douglasville

6296 Cooper Street (House), Douglasville, Douglas County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA,49-DOVI,2-, with a 272-word written history.

From the record

“Extant example of worker housing constructed as part of a mill village complex in Douglasville, Georgia.”

Written record, HABS GA,49-DOVI,2- survey. Machine-read text.

Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA,49-DOVI,2- · the record runs 272 words · one of 3 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Significance

130 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA,49-DOVI,2-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

Extant example of worker housing constructed as part of a mill village complex in Douglasville, Georgia. Description: One storey, clapboard sided, pyramidal-roofed cottage on brick pier foundation (within-fill), constructed circa One central chimney projects from roof peak, front and rear porches exlu1>it hipped roofs, and windows are of 616 double-hung sash configuration. Two front doors exist, each opening into a separate room, and the house plan is two rooms wide by two rooms deep. A bathroom and a storage room have been added to the rear porch, thus enclosing this area. The interior exhibits no decorative features and walls have been sheetrocked.

Histozy: This house was built to supply labor housing for the Georgia Western Cotton Mills, constructed in It is one of 88 hOUBeS shown on base maps from

Written history

50 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA,49-DOVI,2-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

Michael Wyatt, photographer, November Cooper Street (House) HABS No. GA-2316 (Page 2) 19' Q ~~ STORAGE v BATH /\ v/ ~ \(_ BEDROOM KITCHEN FIREPLACE BEDROOM LIVING ROOM FRONT PORCH SCALE: NONE Cooper Street(House) HABS No. GA-2316 (Page 3) NORTH T PER DOUGLAS COUNTY MAP 20-1-5-E Parcel 35 SCALE: NONE

In context

Douglasville, Georgia The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Douglas County, Georgia 43 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report as the survey filed it.

Also surveyed in Douglasville

2 records

The federal surveyors worked through Douglasville building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

SheetStructure SurveyReport
6354 Cooper Street (House)HABS GA,49-DOVI,3-358 words
6286 Cooper Street (House)HABS GA,49-DOVI,1-272 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS GA,49-DOVI,2-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
  • How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from the linked federal record; page labels and counts are clearly marked as site presentation or calculations.