The Bacon Family Homestead is a 443.8-acre (1.796 km2) property in Mitchell County, Georgia which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
Bacon Family Homestead | |
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| Location | West of the intersection of Durham St. and the old Albany-Bainbridge Stage Rd., vicinity of Baconton, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 31°22′43″N 84°10′24″W / 31.37856°N 84.17335°W |
| Area | 443.8 acres (179.6 ha) |
| Built | 1913 |
| Built by | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Rustic |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003591[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 25, 1983 |
It is associated with Robert J. Bacon, Jr. (1880-1946), who helped establish Baconton's first "crackery", a pecan shelling plant, in 1919.[2]
The homestead includes an early twentieth century rustic style house, a historic outbuilding, locations of several former outbuildings, historic landscape features, and a pecan grove on a narrow property that extends to the Flint River. The house is a one-story with unpainted board and batten siding. Carpentry detailing includes eaves that are boxed and returned.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. (October 10, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bacon Family Homestead". National Park Service. Retrieved March 24, 2017. With eight photos from 1982.