Bacon Family Homestead

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
Bacon Family Homestead is located in Georgia
Bacon Family Homestead
Bacon Family Homestead is located in the United States
Bacon Family Homestead
LocationWest of the intersection of Durham St. and the old Albany-Bainbridge Stage Rd., vicinity of Baconton, Georgia
Coordinates31°22′43″N 84°10′24″W / 31.37856°N 84.17335°W / 31.37856; -84.17335
Area443.8 acres (179.6 ha)
Built1913
Built byMultiple
Architectural styleRustic
NRHP reference No.83003591[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.