- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Ginn Apartments (Covington, Ga.)
- Creator:
- Owens, Hubert B.
- Date of Original:
- 1969-08
- Subject:
- Decoration and ornament--Federal style
Greek Revival (Architecture)
European
Wood (plant material)
Houses
Dwellings
Architecture--Georgia--Covington
Architecture--Georgia--Newton County
Graham, William P., Dr.--Homes and haunts
Graham, Frances L.--Homes and haunts
Graves, Iverson L.--Homes and haunts
Simms, Richard Lee, Judge--Homes and haunts
Simms, Jerustha--Homes and haunts
Steadman, S. C.--Homes and haunts
Childs, Maggie S.--Homes and haunts
Andrews, W. A.--Homes and haunts
Ginn, Tinsley Rucker--Homes and haunts
Ginn family--Homes and haunts - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Newton County, Covington, 33.59678, -83.86018
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: 1155 Floyd Street, Covington, Ga.
Two-story wood frame house featureing a one-story portico sheltering an entrance with sidelights and fanlight transom. The entrance door features three arched glass panels. The second-story window above the entrance also features sidelights and fanlight transom. The two-story square columns which originally graced the facade were removed in the 1920s. The original hallway was dominated by a large curving staircase modeled after the staircase at Mount Pleasant. Dr. William P. Graham was the first owner and hosted the first meeting of the trustees of Emory College here on February 6, 1837. After Dr. Graham died in the 1840s, the house became the property of his wife, Frances L. Graham, until 1950 when she died. Her brother, Iverson L. Graves, sold the house to Judge Richard Lee Simms and his wife Jerustha. In 1919 S. C. Steadman bought the house with money provided by his mother, Mrs. Maggie S. Childs, and the property reverted to her in 1922. Childs sold the house in 1923 to W. A. Andrews, who sold it in 1925 to Tinsley Rucker Ginn, an early car dealer in Covington. The house is still owned by Ginn and his sister through the T. R. Ginn Estate. For more information see Williford, William Bailey. The Glory of Covington. Atlanta, Ga.: Cherokee Publishing Co., c1973, pp. 49-67.
Slide annotated: "Covington, Ga., Federal Period Residence, circa 1830-1840."
Date of structure: 1830. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0545
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0545#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0545/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], Hubert B. Owens Collection, Box 40, Owens Library, School of Environment and Design, The University of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 slide : color
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
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