The Log Dogtrot House, near

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, was built in 1834. It was listed on the

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in 1991. Also known as the Robert C. Bryan House, it is a dogtrot-style

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built of hand-hewn timbers. It was built by Hugh Denhard. It is located 0.5 mi. east of junction of

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and Story St., near

. The listing has a second

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, which is a "one-room, wood-framed building that may have served as a kitchen. The building sits on stone piers (one has been replaced with concrete blocks), has a front-gabled corrugated metal roof, and is covered with

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. There is a brick flue on the interior of the building. At one time a covered breezeway connected this outbuilding with the rear of the house. An old hand-operated water siphon pump that may date from the turn of the century still stands in the yard." With

References

National Register of Historic Places in Houston County, Georgia Buildings and structures completed in 1834 Log buildings and structures in Georgia (U.S. state) Houses completed in 1834 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Dogtrot architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub