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Railey-Hall, Shed, State Highway 3/U.S. Highway 19 at Croxton Cross Road, Sumter

Railey-Hall, Shed, State Highway 3/U.S. Highway 19 at Croxton Cross Road, Sumter, Sumter County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA-15-C, with a 266-word written history.

From the record

“This shed 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-C survey. Machine-read text.

Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA-15-C · the record runs 266 words · one of 64 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Significance

164 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-15-C. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

This shed 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 and the Railey-Hall House which 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 one story shed roofed structure has a single entrance with a board and batten door on the north elevation. A row of narrow, unglazed windows with a wooden shelve below is located on the western elevation. A similar shelve extends across the eastern elevation and contains small animal cages.

The shed has vertical siding and a metal roof. The shed has been used as a chicken house, rabbit hutch, and a tool shed. History: The shed was extant in the but no date of construction could be determined.

In context

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.

Also surveyed in Sumter

21 records

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

SheetStructure SurveyReport
Sumter CrossroadsHABS GA-23831,246 words
Big StoreHABS GA-23841,028 words
George Webb FarmHABS GA-37-A947 words
Rodgers-Buchanan FarmHABS GA-40-A609 words
Cotton GinHABS GA-2387402 words
William Webb FarmHABS GA-20-A401 words
Filling StationHABS GA-2386391 words
Sumter MerchantileHABS GA-2385386 words
Emory Webb FarmHABS GA-39-A379 words
Seed HouseHABS GA-12333 words
Rodgers-Buchanan FarmHABS GA-40-B287 words
George Webb FarmHABS GA-37-B282 words
Rodgers-Buchanan FarmHABS GA-40-C281 words
William Webb FarmHABS GA-20-D272 words
Railey-HallHABS GA-15-D267 words
William Webb FarmHABS GA-20-E267 words
William Webb FarmHABS GA-20-B265 words
William Webb FarmHABS GA-20-C264 words
Railey-HallHABS GA-15-B263 words
Rodgers-Buchanan FarmHABS GA-40-D229 words
Emory Webb FarmHABS GA-39-B203 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS GA-15-C. 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.