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Mamie R. Brinson House, 341 South Main Street, Statesboro

Mamie R. Brinson House, 341 South Main Street, Statesboro, Bulloch County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA-2380, with a 381-word written history.

From the record

“Part of the South Main Street Residential Historic District.”

Written record, HABS GA-2380 survey. Machine-read text.

Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA-2380 · the record runs 381 words · one of 4 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Significance

258 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2380. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

Part of the South Main Street Residential Historic District. The district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, as part of the Downtown Statesboro Multiple Property Nomination. This house is in a district which reflects the continued popularity of late century house forms, as well as the increasing popularity of the bungalow The district is also typical of residential neighborhood dating from the and comprised mainly of single-story bungaloid structures constructed in an area with a gridiron street pattern. Houses in the district are arranged on lots perpendicular to the street and vary in setback. The closely spaced residences are freestanding and similar in style and overall character.

The house lots vary in width from 60 to 75 feet with small front yards separated from the street by sidewalks. Description: The Mamie Brinson House faces South Main Street, Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia. This house is a one-story, weatherboarded bungalow. It features a full-length side gable bungalow porch and a front gable entrance. The porch is supported by short battered wooden posts resting on tall brick piers. It also features an exposed rafter end, paired 4/1 windows and decorative gable end vents. History: Statesboro Regional Library documentation discloses the building date of the Brinson House as According to Isabel Sorrier, Director of the Statesboro Regional Library, the property was initially owned by John B. Goff. Mr.

Goff later sold the house to Lester Brinson and his wife Mamie R. Brinson. Source: Brinson, Mamie R., House. Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey-Inventory Form Nu E-272.

Written history

50 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2380. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

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In context

Statesboro, Georgia The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Bulloch County, Georgia 61 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report as the survey filed it.

Also surveyed in Statesboro

3 records

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

SheetStructure SurveyReport
H. Pat Brannen HouseHABS GA-2379385 words
Sallie Zetterower HouseHABS GA-2378373 words
Raleigh Brannen HouseHABS GA-2381369 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS GA-2380. 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.