Southern Time Capsule Part 3: The Dickey House

Today's tour takes us to a very ornate southern plantation home.

The Dickey House is considered an excellent example of neoclassical architecture in the south.

The house is a Georgia classic from 1840 has 14 rooms and covers 6250 square feet.

Rooms like these are always my favorite.

This one was a work room.

I just love the floor.

There were multiple dining areas within the home.

This little one was just for children.

A beautiful music room...

...a study...

...a parlor...

...this little bedroom was called the BOYS' room...

...and this room was called the mother-in-law's room...

because I know you all have a fireplace in YOUR bedroom, right?

Pretty cozy to me!

How's that for some antebellum southern style for you!

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Southern Time Capsule Part 2: Cookhouse, Slave Quarters, and an 1800s Barn

Continuing on our journey today of southern plantation life...

If you lived in a fancy manor 150 years ago, chances are it had a cookhouse.

A cookhouse was used to prepare food and do noisy laundry chores.

This reduced the chance of fire to the larger areas of living.

I wouldn't mind living in a cute little cottage like this today!

I love this little porch.

This would be a food preparation area....

...this would be for baking...

...and this room would be for laundry.

These images are of former slave quarters from a plantation.

You can see here how everything a family needed had

to be provided for in one room...

...and the other side of that room...

Finally, here's an old Georgia barn from the Civil War Era.

These old wheels just outside the entrance

provided some roundabout imagery.

Tomorrow I'll be sharing the fancy Dickey House, circa 1840 GA.



Southern Time Capsules: Part 1

This week I'll be sharing some wonderful examples of historical preservation.

When I saw these historical structures last week in Georgia,

I was entranced with the interior spaces.

I think I have been fascinated with pioneer life since I was a kid.

I read all of the Little House books at least ten times each.

(I still have all of those thumbed over copies.  I'm sure a bunch of you

have also read these, but do you still have the books?)

This home was a doctor's cabin, bult in 1826.  It was built by Chapmon Powell, one of the first

residents of Dekalb County, GA.  It is typical of most homes on the American frontier,

serving as both a home and a medical office.

Dr. Powell provided medical care to Cherokee Indians,

and his house was also used as a field hospital in the Battle of Atlanta during

the Civil War.

This next home is a little fancier, although it is dated from a much earlier time-period.

Redman Thorton built this next house as a manor house for an indigo plantation

on the Georgia frontier.  The structure, circa 1792, is typical of the Federal Era

architecture throughout the south.

Here are some of the downstairs rooms in the Thorton House. 

The rooms have been historically preserved as accurately as possible.

I think this dining room below could even be pulled off a page

of Southern Living today.

The upstairs sleeping quarters were more modest.

But, still unique considering the time period.

Tomorrow I will be posting a cookhouse, slave quarters, and an 1800's barn.

Later, I will share the elegant Dickey House.