Baker County
The main living area is completely exposed. I am told that the surrounding community fills the room with a lit manger scene at Christmas.
Dr. Twitty’s House-Elmodel, Georgia
Category Archives: Abandoned
Double-Pen House, Georgia
Haw Pond School-Crisp County, Georgia
Crisp County
This school sits next to newer Haw Pond Baptist Church. As it has been slowly deteriorating over the years, I expect it will fall within the next year.
Smithville School-Smithville, Georgia
The Smithville School opened in 1928 and stayed open until May 1955. It was a four-teacher-type school. Afterward, the building was converted into apartments. It now sits empty.
Dossann Acres-Turin, Georgia
Coweta County
Built in 1832, the Leavell family, one of the first families to settle Turin, used slave labor to build this antebellum home, referred as Dossann Acres. Sitting on many acres of land, this farm was mainly used for cotton. According to the 1860 Slave Census, Leavell used the enslaved labor of 28 people, ranging in ages of 2 to 48, to farm the land.
Leavell willed this land to his stepson, Dr. Herbert Page. Thanks to Traci Muller Ryland of The Adventures in Cemetery Hopping, I was informed of an interesting story of Dr. Page taking care of two Union Soldiers that ended with two Union soldier headstones being placed in Tranquil Cemetery and the attempts to find the families of those soldiers. The Atlanta Journal Constitution shared the story in 1996. You can read the story here.
Disco D’s-De Soto, Georgia
The signs tell the stories. On the second level, there is the Masonic symbol. There is then the Ferguson sign which is now a ghost sign. I am assuming it was a dry goods store. Finally, it was a host to DiscoD’s, which I assume was a disco. I bet there are some stories to share there.
