- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Possum Trot Church (Berry College)
- Creator:
- Owens, Hubert B.
- Date of Original:
- 1961-08
- Subject:
- Berry College
Vernacular architecture
Wood (plant material)
Stone
Rock
Brick
Churches
Religious buildings
Rural schools
Schools
Colleges
Architecture--Georgia--Mount Berry
Architecture--Georgia--Floyd County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Floyd County, Mount Berry, 34.27509, -85.18328
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: Berry College, Mount Berry, Ga.
Wood frame church on a stone foundation, featuring an open bell tower with pyramidal roof. The church roof has wood shingles and a small brick chimney. The church was built around 1850 and used by Martha Berry as the Possum Trot Sunday School in 1900. Possum Trot was a school until 1854. Berry painted scriptures on the walls to compensate for the lack of Bibles. Three rustic school rooms were added in the 1930s, and the grammar grades were moved there from the log-cabin area on the main campus. In 1976, one of the classrooms was renovated by the Berry College Student Government Association as a Mountain Day American Bicentennial project. From 1984 to 1986, the Student Government Association assisted with volunteer work the full restoration of the buildings. Behind the church is a small log house that once served as the home-economics department and as the kitchen and dining hall for Possum Trot School. It had fallen into disrepair and was restored by an Industrial Education student, Robert Plank, in exchange for its use as a residence until he graduated. After his graduation in 1976, the cottage became staff housing. For more information see Dickey, Ouida W., ed. Berry Trails: an Historic and Contemporary Guide to Berry College. Mount Berry, Ga.: Berry College, c2001, p. 66.
Slide annotated: "Possum Trot School, Berry Schools."
Date of structure: 1850. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0603
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0603#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0603/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:
-
