The Bacon-Fraser House is a historic home in Hinesville, Georgia in Liberty County, Georgia, built in 1839, two years after Hinesville was founded. It is a two-story Plantation Plain style house with weatherboard sides. The house is raised and rests on Savannah brick piers. A rear shed room and ell addition was added in 1979, built on foundations that are believed to have been original to rear rooms that were removed in 1923.[2]
Bacon-Fraser House | |
 Bacon-Fraser House in 2014 | |
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| Location | 208 E. Court St., Hinesville, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 31°50′53″N 81°35′37″W / 31.84806°N 81.59361°W |
| Area | 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) |
| Built | 1839 |
| Architectural style | Plantation Plain |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000848[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 18, 1985 |
During the American Civil War, General Sherman's army occupied the plantation in 1864, pillaged it, and burned the outbuildings.[3]
In 1980, Savannah Landscape Architect Clermont Huger Lee designed a period appropriate planting plan for residence area.[4] Coincidentally, Lee's niece married a descendant of the Bacon-Fraser's.
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1] It is the only building surviving from Hinesville's early settlement period.[2] The house is far back from Court Street but there is a historical marker near the street.
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Andrea Niles (February 28, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bacon-Fraser House". National Park Service. Retrieved February 8, 2017. with 14 photos
- ^ "Georgia Historical Markers Collection Items - Digital Library of Georgia".
- ^ Dolder, Ced (Spring 2014). "Clermont Lee, (1914-2006) Pioneering Savannah Landscape Architect" (PDF). Magnolia – Publication of the Southern Garden History Society. XXVII (2): 4. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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