I was looking for information on this house on Rumble Road in Smarr and came across this photo. Does anyone know where it was? I am guessing it was on, or very near Rumble Road.
Here is the info from the Digital Library of Georgia, “near Smarr, 1910. Home of Woodbridge Rumble(1845-1894). Mr Rumble, son of Henry Rumble, built his home. Woodbridge Rumble married Josephine Richardson (1849-1931) who was the granddaughter of Gabriel Packs, pioneer. Family members from left to right: Bela Urban Rumble behind his son Frank Mallory and daughter Maragaret Frances, Douglass Rumble and wife Exa Woodruff, Gabriel Parks Rumble next to Josephine Richardson Rumble. Josephine Lee Rumble, children Annie Belle and Woodbridge Greene nearby and Bela Compton (in lap).
Lameul Lowe Rumble and wife Maggie L. McKinney, Hattie Lou Thrash and husband Early Clevand Rumble, Woodie Belle Rumble and husband Ulric Leon Porch and son Leon Douglass. Annie Wylene Rumble (standing on the lawn). Woodbridge Rumble, Jr. Lester Rumble.”
Also known as a plantation plain house, the farmhouse is not far from the Laurens and Spartanburg County lines.
Initially built as a plantation plain or I-house in 1849, the Asa Chandler home showcases Folk Victorian additions. Reverend Asa Chandler was a Baptist preacher and small-scale farmer in Elbert County. He utilized enslaved labor to cultivate a wide variety of crops on his land.
According to Scott Reed, an Athens-based preservationist, this home is believed to be older than want is stated in the National Register of Historic Places and that it first started as a dog trot.
In 1917, the home was purchased by Walter Jones.
The home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
If you’ve ever looked at the Farm Security Administration photos in Georgia, you likely stumbled across Jack Delano’s work. He took photos of this home in Temperance Bell and called it the “Plea Flucker House.”
I always felt confident that the house no longer stood because of its condition in 1941. Wondered why it was called “Plea Flucker.” Knowing that houses are often named after the first owners of a home, I dove into Ancestry records to see if I could determine who or what “Plea Flucker” was. Based on Census, Findagrave, and tax records, I was able to determine that this was Palemon Fluker’s home. Several generations of Flukers lived in the area, and Palemon is buried in the Woodville Cemetery, which is next to Temperance Bell. I am guessing Plea was either a nickname, a misunderstanding of the name, or Delano misread his notes once the photos were printed.
