- Collection:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presentation Slide Collection, 1968-2000
- Title:
- Adam Strain Building
- Creator:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Contributor to Resource:
- Savic, Milan C., 1963-
Savic, Marion C., 1962-
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
Strain, Robert Adam, 1840-1897 - Date of Original:
- 1993-05
- Subject:
- Architecture
Historic sites--Georgia--McIntosh County
Historic buildings--Georgia--McIntosh County
Commercial buildings--Georgia--McIntosh County
Tabby (Concrete)
Cultural property--Protection
Historic preservation--Georgia
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Darien, 31.37023, -81.43399
- Medium:
- color slides
tabby (cement)
historic preservation
historic buildings - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- [Detail, side view of building] Built circa 1813, the Adam Strain Building is Georgia's oldest commercial building, and one of the last tabby structures standing in Coastal Georgia. Tabby is a construction medium developed by enslaved Africans that incorporates pieces of oyster shells, lime, sand, and ash into the mortar mixture. After the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation named it one of its "Places in Peril" in 2008, the building was ultimately restored in 2024, a joint effort between Ethos Preservation, Landmark Preservation, building owners Marion and Milan Savic, and Lominack Coleman Smith Architects. Recipient of the Georgia Trust for Preservation's 2025 Marguerite Williams Award. Variant names include: Adam Strain Building. See ref # 01000975 (West Darien Historic District) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-listed-20240710.xlsx , https://www.georgiatrust.org/preservation-awards/adam-strain-building/ , and https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/tabby/
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_374
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_374#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_374/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Rights:
-
