- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Gilmer House (Lexington, Ga.)
- Creator:
- Owens, Hubert B.
- Date of Original:
- 1968-06
- Subject:
- McWorther, Hamilton
Decoration and ornament--Federal style
Greek Revival (Architecture)
Victorian
European
Pine
Softwood
Wood (plant material)
Plaster
Coating (material)
Brick
Houses
Dwellings
Architecture--Georgia--Lexington
Architecture--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Gilmer, George Rockingham, 1790-1859--Homes and haunts - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Oglethorpe County, Lexington, 33.86984, -83.11182
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: Lexington, Ga.
The two-story frame house with clapboarding was built during the early 19th century. It is L-shaped and has a first-floor addition on one side as well as two small second-story additions. There is a three-bay one-story entrance porch with columns and turned banisters. The rear porch has fluted Doric columns. Enlarged ca. 1840 by Georgia Governor Thomas Gilmer. Slide annotated: "1820-30 Federal Doorway and Mantels." Built in 1845, the two-storied Greek Revival home is frame with clapboarding and has a hipped roof. The porch is two-stories high and on three sides of the structure. The house features fluted Greek Doric columns. The outbuildings, a kitchen, storage house, and well house, are not visible. The structure was restored in 1977 by the Athens Junior Assembly and the city of Athens. For more information, see Linley, John. The Georgia catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey: a guide to the architecture of the state. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, c1982, pp. 301-2.
Slide annotated: "Lexington, Ga. Gilmer House 1820-30, Federal Doorway & models."
Date of structure: 1820. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0220
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0220#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0220/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], Hubert B. Owens Collection, Box 45, Owens Library, School of Environment and Design, The University of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 slide : color
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
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