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Mobley House, Ocilla
This Craftsman bungalow has always been one of my favorites. According to Trish Lilly Jones, it was owned by Ms. Lillie Mobley (1898-1983) until her mother, Barbara Wilkinson, purchased it in 1986....
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Single-Pen Farmhouse, Irwin County
I was amazed that this house on Five Bridge Road is still standing. I began photographing it around 2005 and it look essentially the same today.
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E. G. M. Fletcher House, 1880s, Irwin County
If you’ve ever traveled Georgia Highway 125 between Fitzgerald and Tifton, you probably recognize this house, situated slightly west of Irwinville. I’ve been seeing it my entire life and only learned...
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Church of Deliverance, Ocilla
Karen Phillips writes: For most of its history this was known as the Free Will Baptist Church, located on 7th Street between Oak Street and Maple Street. It was probably built in the early 1900s. It...
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Lichens & Mosses, Irwin County
The sandy ridges of the Alapaha River bottomlands are abundant with these lichens and mosses. On Crystal Lake Road, near the river, they blanket the right of way for nearly a mile. I don’t know enough...
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McMillan’s Jewelers, Ocilla
Mr. Emory McMillan (along with Mrs. Eula) and his jewelry store were synonymous with style and good taste in Ocilla for much of the later half of the 20th century. He was a no-nonsense gentleman who,...
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Demolition of the Irwinville Hotel
There’s just something unsettling about this picture of the Irwinville Hotel. Many people have contacted me with complaints about the destruction of this mid-1880s landmark. The most common comments...
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Brown-Leaphart House, Irwin County
This simple gable front farmhouse has been a landmark in my travels between Fitzgerald and Irwinville all my life. Angie Sheffield Winn writes: The house originally belonged to Marshall Brown. He...
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Board-and-Batten Tenant Farmhouse, Irwin County
This film photograph was made in 2001. This structure was demolished by 2013.
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Hay Barn, Irwin County
This barn was located on Highway 32, a few miles from the Coffee County line. I made this photograph in 2002 and am not sure if it’s still standing.
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Deberry Tobacco Barn, Irwin County
This film photograph, from 2002, is an earlier view of the barn near Spring Hill Primitive Baptist Church, seen here. It was the first tobacco barn I was able to document over a long period of time....
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Craftsman Farmhouse, Irwin County
This large Craftsman farmhouse and row of barns on Peach Road were obviously the center of a busy farm at one time. I made these photographs in 2001 and the structures were all gone by 2010-12.
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Dismuke & Willis Sanitarium, 1914, Ocilla
Ocilla’s first hospital, with 20 beds, was opened by Dr. Herman Dismuke* and Dr. Gabe Willis in 1914. It originally featured wrap-around porches. Jamie Wilcox Lovett and Cindy Griffin note that this...
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