- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Portico (Harley-Rives House, Sparta, Ga.)
- Creator:
- Owens, Hubert B.
- Date of Original:
- 1973-02
- Subject:
- Harley, William Isaiah
Harley, Mary Battle
Turner, DeLamar
Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884
Harris, Moses
Rives, George S.
Vernacular architecture
Greek Revival (Architecture)
European
Wood (plant material)
Brick
Porticoes
Houses
Plantation houses
Dwellings
Architecture--Georgia--Sparta
Architecture--Georgia--Hancock County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hancock County, Sparta, 33.2757, -82.97626
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: 720 Elm Street, Sparta, Ga.
Two-story wood frame house on a high brick basement with one-story addition on back, featuring one-story porch across the front of the house with entablature supported by six fluted Doric columns. The porch is enclosed by a ballustrade and is reached by a central stairway. The house was built with slave labor, and most of the materials, including solid oak doors, were obtained from the owner's plantation. For more information see Linley, John. Architecture of Middle Georgia: the Oconee Area. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, c1972, pp. 70-71.
Slide annotated: "Sparta, Georgia."
Date of structure: 1850. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0572
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0572#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0572/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:
-
