This Queen Anne cottage was built in 1907 by Jefferson Davis Durden. The Durdens were important to the development of this area in Emanuel County. The home was recently restored.
Higginbotham House-Twin City, Georgia
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Methodist Parsonage-Twin City, Georgia
This Folk Victorian cottage once served as the Methodist Parsonage for the Twin City United Methodist Church. It now serves as the pre-school for the church.
English Vernacular Revival Cottage-Twin City, Georgia
This home was built in 1940.
Historic Lodge Likely To Be Demolished-Dalton, Georgia
Masonic Lodge No. 238 is a mixed-use commercial building in Dalton, Georgia. On the first floor were different stores, but on the second floor, it was the local lodge for Black men in the town of Dalton. The lodge was built in 1915 by Dutch Hanson, Thomas Cunningham, Jim Richards, Dan Smith, and Harrison Jackson.
The lodge was built in an area of Dalton that was considered the heart of the Black community. Despite being placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, the building has fallen into disrepair. In 2019, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation placed it on its list of Places in Peril. In April 2023, City Council voted to have the building demolished. The city has currently held off demolition while giving members a chance to identify funding support until the end of the year.
Images below are from the NRHP application.
Higdon Hotel-Reliance, Tennessee
Higdon Hotel was built in 1878 by Harriet Dodson. By 1883, the place was purchased by the Higdon family. The Higdons expanded it to host the railroad bosses who were overseeing the building of the railroad through Reliance.
Once the railroad was done, it became a resort hotel for people vacationing in the area. When the railroad no longer was the main method of transportation, the hotel went out of business.
In the 1970s, the hotel was purchased by seven friends who worked to stabilize the building with the hopes of reopening it again. Unfortunately, they weren’t able to complete the work.
Reference: WBIR in Knoxville
The Watchmen’s House-Reliance, Tennessee
The town of Reliance became a rail town when the Louisville and Nashville Railroad purchased the right of way in 1888. In 1891, the railroad watchmen’s house was built. Originally, the house was a simple two-story house. The one-story addition was added at a later time.
The first watchman was named Mr. Pickle, according to the National Register application. Unfortunately, I can’t determine who that was. There are Pickels and Pickelsimers who live in the greater area, but there are zero listed for the 1900 census.
