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The Drayton Hall, the last of eighteeen similar Georgian homes which were burned after the War of the States by Union. Near Sumerville, South Carolina. This house was saved because it housed patriots ill with smallpox and the troops dared not enter the grounds for fear of their own health. It was built in about 1740 and represents Georgian architecture

Southington, Connecticut. The house of Captain Anson Matthews, who fought under General George Washington in the War of Independence. The house, built in 1746, stands today the same as in Captain Matthews' time, a seven-room story-and-a-half (to avoid King George II's tax on two-story houses) dwelling built around a central slap-mud chimney drawing from five fireplaces. The present owners of the house are Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Brink, both school teachers. Mr. Brink is of Swedish descent

The Small House in Macon, Georgia, also known as Ralph Small House or Napier-Small House, is an example of high-style Greek Revival architecture that was built in 1846 by Skelton Napier

Charleston, South Carolina. Roman Catholic Cathedral, burnt by the great fire in 1861 and Dr. Gadsden's house damaged during the bombardment of Charleston

A black and white photo of a house. Office of War Information Photograph

A sod homestead built in 1900. Pennington County, South Dakota. Since 1900 this sod house has been standing to mark a farmer's effort to reap wealth from the Great Plains. At the time of its construction there must have been skirmish after skirmish with the cattlemen as the fence of the homesteader narrowed down the range. Then wartime prosperity, with the price of wheat booming. Then the years of intermittent drought, up to the present, and instead of wealth, a bitter battle to achieve mere subsistence on the parched earth

Charleston, South Carolina. Roman Catholic Cathedral, burnt by the great fire in 1861 and Dr. Gadsden's house damaged during the bombardment of Charleston

Pharr Plantation house near Social Circle, Georgia. This house was built in 1840 by slave labor. The bricks came from England to Savannah, thence by oxteam to the plantation. The plantation formerly had 150 slaves, is now abandoned by the one remaining member of the family, and the land rented out to small farmers

The "Cellar house of Pervyse," located 400 yards the first line trenches of the Year Canal. This was the last house occupied by the American Red Cross post service. It was operated by two men, the Baroness T'Serclaes and Miss Marie Chisholm, who served for four years although people were being killed by hundreds all around. Many thousands have had their wounds treated in this house

The Drayton Hall, the last of eighteeen similar Georgian homes which were burned after the War of the States by Union. Near Sumerville, South Carolina. This house was saved because it housed patriots ill with smallpox and the troops dared not enter the grounds for fear of their own health. It was built in about 1740 and represents Georgian architecture

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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south carolina charleston county charleston plantations nitrate negatives charleston crossroads drayton hall drayton hall eighteeen georgian homes georgian homes war union sumerville house patriots smallpox troops grounds fear health architecture american civil war 1861 1865 american civil war united states history manor residential buildings country estates villa library of congress
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01/01/1936
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Mydans, Carl, photographer
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Charleston, South Carolina, United States ,  32.77647, -79.93105
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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south carolina charleston county charleston plantations nitrate negatives charleston crossroads drayton hall drayton hall eighteeen georgian homes georgian homes war union sumerville house patriots smallpox troops grounds fear health architecture american civil war 1861 1865 american civil war united states history manor residential buildings country estates villa library of congress