- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Main house (Treadwell Place, Sparta, Ga.)
- Creator:
- Owens, Hubert B.
- Date of Original:
- 1973-01
- Subject:
- Greek Revival (Architecture)
European
Wood (plant material)
Stone
Rock
Houses
Dwellings
Architecture--Georgia--Sparta
Architecture--Georgia--Hancock County
Treadwell, John W.--Homes and haunts
Moore, Welborn--Homes and haunts
Shackleford family--Homes and haunts
Lacksen, Frank--Homes and haunts
Lacksen, Jeff--Homes and haunts - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hancock County, Sparta, 33.2757, -82.97626
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: Fort Creek Road, five miles west of Sparta, Ga.
Built around 1830 by John Sykes, this two-story wood frame Greek Revival house on a high basement of brick features a two-story portico on brick piers with an entablature supported by six fluted Doric columns. At the rear is a similar one-story porch. The roof is hipped, and the building has interior chimneys. Upper stories have clapboard siding. The house was built using the central hall plan. The house was still standing in 1963, though it had been vacant for many years, and the front steps were on the verge of collapse. By 1975, the Georgia Office of Historic Preservation described it as "in ruins." Sykes paid for the house with sweet potatoe profits, and his son-in-law John Treadwell successfully farmed turnips on the land. The property had many owners after Treadwell's death, including Judge Welborn Moore and the Shacklefords. In 1950 it was purchased by Dr. Frank Lacksen and his wife Mary. For more information see Rozier, John. The Houses of Hancock: 1785-1865. Decatur, Ga.:Auldfarran Books, c1996, pp.219-222.
Slide annotated: "Hancock County, Sparta, Ga. Treadwell house 1845-50 (6 miles from Sparta)."
Date of structure: 1830. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0378
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0378#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0378/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], Hubert B. Owens Collection, Box 35, Owens Library, School of Environment and Design, The University of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 slide : color
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
-
