Free Cabin, State Route 121-U.S. Highway 25-Peach Orchard Road, Hephzibah, Richmond County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA-2361, with a 398-word written history.
“The Free Cabin is significant for embodying the distinctive characteristics of a rare vernacular house type and for its potential to yield information regarding nineteenth century agricultural housing.”
Written record, HABS GA-2361 survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA-2361 · the record runs 398 words · one of 101 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2361. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
The Free Cabin is significant for embodying the distinctive characteristics of a rare vernacular house type and for its potential to yield information regarding nineteenth century agricultural housing. Description: The Free Cabin is a rectangular, 14' x 20' Single-Pen structure situated on a stacked fieldstone foundation with horizontal wood siding covering the exterior. Single entrance bays consisting of wooden doors are located on the front and rear elevations of the structure. An exterior brick chimney is located on the south elevation, and the roof consists of standing seam metal sheets. The cabin is located approximately from State Route 121/U.S. Highway 25/Peach Orchard Road. The immediate setting of the cabin consists of a dense wooded area with no yard or formal landscaping.
History: Based on previous historical and archaeological studies of the Free Cabin, the resource is situated on a tract of land historically associated with the Rhodes family. These studies, which were based on the material culture of the property and personal communications with local residents, concluded that the Free Cabin might include remnants of one of at least four slave or tenant cabins associated with a local nineteenth century plantation. Deed research, however, was unsuccessful in identifying either the architects of the cabin or the former occupants of the property.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2361. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
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| Hephzibah, Georgia | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Richmond County, Georgia | 83 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Hephzibah building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vance Farmstead | HABS GA,123-HEPH,1- | 1,545 words | |
| Vance Farmstead | HABS GA,123-HEPH,1A- | 765 words | |
| Vance Farmstead | HABS GA,123-HEPH,1C- | 673 words | |
| Vance Farmstead | HABS GA,123-HEPH,1B- | 665 words | |
| Vance Farmstead | HABS GA,123-HEPH,1D- | 377 words |
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