Railey-Hall, Smokehouse, State Highway 3/U.S. Highway 19 at Croxton Cross Road, Sumter, Sumter County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA-15-B, with a 263-word written history.
“This smokehouse is associated with the Railey-Hall House which is part of a district which comprises the core of the rural crossroads community of Sumter in Sumter County.”
Written record, HABS GA-15-B survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA-15-B · the record runs 263 words · one of 64 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-15-B. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
This smokehouse is associated with the Railey-Hall House which is part of a district which comprises the core of the rural crossroads community of Sumter in Sumter County. The district contains five commercial buildings including two stores; a filling station, a cotton gin, and a seed house that will be moved or demolished. The Railey-Hall house is also included in the district and is located on the west side of U.S. Highway 19. Several outbuildings and a metal windmill surround the house. The significance of the outbuildings is that they are recognizable components of a historic agricultural landscape. Description: The smokehouse has vertical wood cladding and a non-historic metal front gabled roof.
The structure rests on a concrete block foundation which was added in the replacing brick piers. The entrance door is board and batten. The structure has been used for storage for approximately 40 years. History: The smokehouse was extant in the but no date of construction could be determined.
| 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 | |
| Filling Station | HABS GA-2386 | 391 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 | |
| Rodgers-Buchanan Farm | HABS GA-40-D | 229 words | |
| Emory Webb Farm | HABS GA-39-B | 203 words |
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