Filling Station, State Highway 3/U.S. Highway 19 at Croxton Cross Road, Sumter, Sumter County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA-2386, with a 391-word written history.
“The Filling Station is part of the rural crossroads community of Sumter in Sumter County.”
Written record, HABS GA-2386 survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA-2386 · the record runs 391 words · one of 64 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2386. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
The Filling Station is part of the rural crossroads community of Sumter in Sumter County. The community contains five commercial buildings, all of which are significant examples of common building types serving a rural community in the early twentieth century. Description: The Filling Station is located on the east side of U.S. Highway 19 with the Big Store (HABS GA-2384) and Sumter Merchantile (HABS GA- to the south and the Cotton Gin (HABS No.GA-2387) and Seed House (HABS No.GA-12) to the north. This timber frame building is a house with canopy gas station type with a front gable roof, board and batten door and window shutters and a brick pier foundation. The roof has been covered with sheet metal on the north side but the diamond shaped asbestos shingles are exposed on the south side.
Faded white wash is still visible on the clapboards and faded red paint is visible on the trim. The eight panel wooden door is symmetrically placed on the western elevation and one window opening is placed to one side. This window is closed with a wooden shutter. The building has a single window opening on the north elevation and a window and door on the south elevation. History: The Filling Station is thought to have been constructed in the
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2386. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
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| Sumter, Georgia | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Sumter County, Georgia | 48 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Sumter building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumter Crossroads | HABS GA-2383 | 1,246 words | |
| Big Store | HABS GA-2384 | 1,028 words | |
| George Webb Farm | HABS GA-37-A | 947 words | |
| Rodgers-Buchanan Farm | HABS GA-40-A | 609 words | |
| Cotton Gin | HABS GA-2387 | 402 words | |
| William Webb Farm | HABS GA-20-A | 401 words | |
| Sumter Merchantile | HABS GA-2385 | 386 words | |
| Emory Webb Farm | HABS GA-39-A | 379 words | |
| Seed House | HABS GA-12 | 333 words | |
| Rodgers-Buchanan Farm | HABS GA-40-B | 287 words | |
| George Webb Farm | HABS GA-37-B | 282 words | |
| Rodgers-Buchanan Farm | HABS GA-40-C | 281 words | |
| William Webb Farm | HABS GA-20-D | 272 words | |
| Railey-Hall | HABS GA-15-D | 267 words | |
| William Webb Farm | HABS GA-20-E | 267 words | |
| Railey-Hall | HABS GA-15-C | 266 words | |
| William Webb Farm | HABS GA-20-B | 265 words | |
| William Webb Farm | HABS GA-20-C | 264 words | |
| Railey-Hall | HABS GA-15-B | 263 words | |
| Rodgers-Buchanan Farm | HABS GA-40-D | 229 words | |
| Emory Webb Farm | HABS GA-39-B | 203 words |
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