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Cotton Seed Storage Building, End of Wall Street between State Route 124, East Lake Drive & Lakeshore Road, Braselton, Jackson County, GA

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Cotton Seed Storage Building, End of Wall Street between State Route 124, East Lake Drive & Lakeshore Road, Braselton, Jackson County, GA

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Summary

Significance: The Cotton Seed Storage Building is a contributing historic resource in the Braselton National Register of Historic Places District and
represents the agricultural and industrial significance of the historic district. It was part of a cotton industry that included the extant Cotton Gin, a series of cotton compresses & warehouses (removed in 2005), and additional warehouses located south of the cotton gin (removed ca. 1960s) and remains a significant resource associated with the production of cotton in the early twentieth century. The building is also architecturally significant as an example of an early twentieth century agricultural warehouse. Character-defining features of the building include its two-story height, side-gable roof, and
timber/wood frame construction.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1763
Survey number: HABS GA-2406
Building/structure dates: ca. 1930 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 01000384

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1930
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Braselton, John B., Owner
Braselton, Green, Owner
Braselton, W. H., Owner
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