- Collection:
- Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey
- Title:
- Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of Quitman [375] 202 W. Screven, Valdosta, Ga. December 1980
- Creator:
- Smith and Bartholomew
- Publisher:
- South Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1980
- Subject:
- Historic buildings
Lowndes County Historical Society (Lowndes County, Ga.)
Real property surveys
Brooks County (Ga.)
Quitman (Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Brooks County, 30.84197, -83.58021
United States, Georgia, Brooks County, Quitman, 30.78492, -83.55988 - Medium:
- surveys (documents)
- Type:
- Text
Still Image - Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of Quitman [375] 202 W. Screven, Valdosta, Ga. December 1980. Two story rectangular plan with flat roof and brick siding. Sash windows with 6/6 lights. Transom over door. 2nd story veranda. Good condition. Date of Construction: c. 1880. One of the oldest buildings in Quitman - the Brooks Co. Library was housed in the second floor and the Quitman Free Press was on the first floor. Cost $1,000 dollars to build. Includes hand hewn timbers and bricks fired in local kilns. Mrs. A. J. Rountree was president of the library association until 1920. Significant architecturally. Very unusual type of architecture for this area. Significant as part of a potential National Register historic district, along Screven St., and north and south of it, including the commercial area.
- Metadata URL:
- https://hdl.handle.net/10428/6793
- IIIF manifest:
- []
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
- Original Collection:
- gahp-survey
f34-375 - Holding Institution:
- Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
