Built in 1876, the Gresham Duckett house is a Folk Victorian located in Banks County on Old US 441. The gables contain interesting details that resemble sun rays. Better views of them are shown below.
The images below are from the 2008 survey featured on GNAHRGIS.
In the hills near Joppa, Tennessee, a remarkable farmhouse stands. The Judge Charles K. Ellis Home began as a modest cabin in the 1840s. It became the home of Judge Charles and Bertha Ellis. Over the years, Ellis served as a judge in Grainger County, chaired the county school board, and held roles as a merchant, bank board member, and founder of one of the region’s earliest fire insurance companies. He was also a successful farmer. Charles and his wife Bertha remained in the home until 1970, when they relocated to a convalescent facility in Knoxville.
Built in the 1870s, the home was recently sold. Images from the listing can be seen on Old House Dreams.
Pisgah Forest is located northeast of Brevard, North Carolina, near the Davidson River. The Elizur and Ann Patton Federal-style home was built in 1846 in Transylvania County. The rear-ell was built in 1860 to accommodate the growing family. According to the 1860 census, there were seven children.
Patton owned over 600 acres and farmed on some of that land. According to the 1850 Slave Census, the Pattons enslaved one woman. The 1860 Slave Census contained one woman and one child. It is not known where they lived on the land.
Tax records indicate this home was built in 1898. I suspect it started out as a plantation plain, and then the addition of the front rooms with the porch was added at some point.
