Turner Hunt Clements, an early settler, built this log cabin in the 1820's. It originally stood on Georgia Highway 20, northeast of McDonough, and is one of the oldest buildings in Henry County. The last to live in this cabin were George and Shirley Kelley. Although extremely small by today's housing standards, this cabin was typical of what most farm families lived in during the nineteenth century. Families with ten children cooked, ate and slept in the one downstairs room and loft. We have to bear in mind, though, that back then people lived and worked outdoors most of the time. They rested on the porch outside and the children played outside almost all of the time.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Cemetery Gazebo
Photo taken in the McDonough, Georgia City Cemetery. I took advantage of the sun going down to capture some lens flare. The flare formed the nice red bell shape of light that is showing above. 3 bracket shots and processed as HDR.
Historical Library
This building served as McDonough Georgia's library from 1953 until the 1970's. George Alexander, President of Planter's Warehouse and Lumber Company, donated one of their storage buildings in order to get a city library started. It remained in use until a permanent building was specially constructed for a new city library in the early 1970's.
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