Sol Akins Farm

Akins, Sol, Farm
Location Old Register Rd. off US 301, 1.2 mi. S of Statesboro, Georgia
Coordinates 32°24′21″N 81°48′11″W / 32.4057°N 81.8031°W / 32.4057; -81.8031Coordinates: 32°24′21″N 81°48′11″W / 32.4057°N 81.8031°W / 32.4057; -81.8031
Area 78 acres (32 ha)
Built c.1864, 1880s
Built by Akins,Solomon
Architectural style Plantation Plain
NRHP reference # 90000487[1]
Added to NRHP March 22, 1990

The Sol Akins Farm near Statesboro in Bulloch County, Georgia dates from c.1864. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

The Sol Akins House is a two-story Plantation Plain-style house with brick exterior chimneys at its ends, and a rear ell, and a Z-shaped back porch. It was added in the 1880s onto an original c.1864 one-story four-room dogtrot log house. The listing includes a second contributing building, which is a c. 1864 double-crib log barn, and a cemetery.[2]

It is located on private property.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Lisa Raflo (February 7, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sol Akins Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved September 14, 2017. With 13 photos.


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