United States, Georgia, Hancock County, Sparta, 33.2757, -82.97626Owens, Hubert B.1973-01Located 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.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Greek Revival (Architecture)EuropeanWood (plant material)StoneRockHousesDwellingsArchitecture--Georgia--SpartaArchitecture--Georgia--Hancock CountyTreadwell, John W.--Homes and hauntsMoore, Welborn--Homes and hauntsShackleford family--Homes and hauntsLacksen, Frank--Homes and hauntsLacksen, Jeff--Homes and hauntsMain house (Treadwell Place, Sparta, Ga.)Main house (Treadwell Plantation, Sparta, Ga.)Main house (Pine Tree Plantation, Sparta, Ga.)StillImage