Woodall–Patton House and Post Office

Woodall–Patton House and Post Office
Nearest city Ellaville, Georgia
Coordinates 32°19′56″N 84°20′43″W / 32.33222°N 84.34528°W / 32.33222; -84.34528Coordinates: 32°19′56″N 84°20′43″W / 32.33222°N 84.34528°W / 32.33222; -84.34528
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1871
NRHP reference # 01001432[1]
Added to NRHP January 11, 2002

Woodall–Patton House and Post Office, also known as the Schley Post Office and locally known as Patton Hill Post Office, is a historic building in Ellaville, Georgia. It is located on GA 240 3 miles west of US19, along the route between the towns of Buena Vista and Oglethorpe. The post office operated from 1888 until 1905.[2]

The Woodall–Patton House is a frame, one-story double pen house, with a hipped roof. It has brick chimneys and is supported by brick piers, and has a full-length front porch. During 1888 to 1905, its front parlor served as the U.S. Post Office for the northwest corner of Schley, using the postal name of Schley, Georgia. Its postmaster was the owner/resident of the house: James W. Woodall (1888-1893), and then his sister, Mary Ella Woodall Patton (1893-1905).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1] It was deemed to be "an excellent example of a double pen-type house that remains in a very unrestored state and thus contains most of its original double-pen form, floor plan, and its original floors, walls, ceilings and doors, including separate front entrance doors, as well as original porcelain knobs. It represents a good, remaining example of a rural farm dwelling from the post Civil War era."[2]

A frame smokehouse was a contributing building on the property.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., and Michael Dixon (October 17, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Woodall–Patton House and Post Office / U.S. Post Office-Schley, Georgia / Patton Hill Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved January 17, 2017. with 10 photos


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