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Nolan House-Bostwick, Georgia

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Morgan County

Built in 1906, this house is part of the Nolan plantation, Morgan County, Georgia. It is the second Nolan home on the property. The other one is supposedly still standing but isn’t easily accessible. The Nolan family built their wealth on the backs of enslaved labor prior to the Civil War. After the war, they switched to a sharecropping method of farming. There’s been talk for several years to preserve the home, but restoration has not been started. The Madison-Morgan Conservancy have been trying to get work done. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

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Plantation Plain-Morgan County, Georgia

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This home is likely pre-Civil War based on its style and other homes in the area.

During the pandemic, I spent a lot of time in my car traveling backroads looking for places to photograph. This pre-Civil War home was an unexpected find.

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Apalachee School-Apalachee, Georgia

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The Apalachee School was built in 1911 to replace a small frame building (pictured below) that was built in 1890. The two-story school was in use from 1911-1951. The Georgian Revival structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the 1915 Educational Survey of Morgan County
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Farmhouse-Morgan County, Georgia

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If you drive down 441 between Morgan and Putnam Counties, you’ve likely noticed this farmhouse in the middle of a field. Every time I pass, it seems to have lost just a bit more from the roof and siding.

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Folk Victorian Farmhouse-Morgan County, Georgia

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Foster-Thomason-Miller House-Madison, Georgia

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Morgan County

When I moved back to Georgia in 2013, I was already an avid photographer. My first weekend trip upon my return was to Madison. After living up north for over a decade, I had asked friends to suggest a place for me to get out of Atlanta. They recommended Madison. For those of you know Madison, you know why they recommended it.

This house, the Foster-Thomason-Miller house, was the first house that made me pull my car over immediately. Just doing a google search will show you I am not the first person to be enamored with this house.

After decades of being abandoned, it is finally being restored.

For more more photos and additional information I recommend:

The Forgotten South

Vanishing Georgia

Autopsy of Architecture