1832 Bryan Dogtrot

"If walls could talk"

The house had been vacant for about thirty years before it was brought back to life in 2020. At the time, it was boarded up and had suffered from vandalism. Vines clung to its chimneys, and white vinyl siding concealed its true age. Six columns and a wide front porch gave it a distinctive appearance, as if the house were proud and held dominion over the site. A couple of old wooden chairs covered in dust were the only remnants of a past life. 

When the plywood came off, sunlight flowed back into its rooms. Along with the light came the rest of the story. It was a plantation house in its day, built on former Muscogee land. A house that held the names of the slaves who made the bricks and cleared the land. A family that left a legacy of pioneering in Georgia when our country was young. We can look inside now, through its wavy glass windows, and see what life was all about in that era. The history that happened here had been boxed up and put away for a long time, much like the house itself.

Please take a moment to look around. The past is waiting.