The Herman and Allene Shaver House in
Wayside, Georgia Wayside, Georgia is an unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia. It is included in zip code 31032.
It is a populated place at according to GNIS.
The name Wayside was selected for the community in the 1880s when the railroad was extende ...
was built in 1936 and was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2013. It was designed by architect
Ellamae Ellis League
Ellamae Ellis League, (July 9, 1899 – March 4, 1991) was an American architect, the fourth woman registered architect in Georgia (U.S. State), Georgia and "one of Georgia and the South's most prominent female architects." She practiced for ove ...
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[ Includes 25 photos from 2013.]
It is a one-story U-shaped
Rustic
Rustic may refer to:
*Rural area
*Pastoral
Architecture
* Rustication (architecture), a masonry technique mainly employed in Renaissance architecture
* Rustic architecture, an informal architectural style in the United States and Canada with sever ...
-style brick house with a two-story bedroom wing. Its largest room is the double-height living room whose ceiling is supported by hewn king-post trusses. Rustic aspects of the interior include exposed brick walls, hewn beams, cast-iron and wrought-iron fittings, and cypress paneling.
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The building was modified in the 1990s by enclosure of the arcaded loggia and other changes.][
It was deemed significant for the 1936 house's Rustic architecture, unusual in Georgia, "in the tradition of ]Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the USA. Olmsted was famous for co- ...
, Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux (; December 20, 1824 – November 19, 1895) was an English-American architect and landscape designer, best known as the co-designer, along with his protégé and junior partner Frederick Law Olmsted, of what would become New York Ci ...
, and H. H. Richardson
Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was an American architect, best known for his work in a style that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one ...
, who were inspired by the landscape and used natural forms and materials to replace expected architectural details."[
Ellamae Ellis League also designed the property's one-story, two-room, brick guest cottage. The cottage, a historic pumphouse, and entrance gate posts are considered to be contributing resources in the NRHP listing. A two-car garage, a swimming pool, and a brick barbecue which were added in the 1990s remodelling were deemed non-contributing.][
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Photos
File:Herman Shaver House - guest house, Wayside, GA, US.jpg, Guest cottage
File:Herman Shaver House, front gate, Wayside, GA, US.jpg, Front gate
References
Rustic architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Houses completed in 1936
Houses in Jones County, Georgia
National Register of Historic Places in Jones County, Georgia
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
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