The Ritch–Carter–Martin House in
Odum, Georgia
Odum is a town in Wayne County, Georgia, United States. The population was 463 at the 2020 census.
History
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Odum as a town in 1907. The community was named after Godfrey Odum, an early settler. The first ...
, is a two-story wood-framed house that was built in c. 1915 and was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included three
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
. It was the last surviving two-story
Classical Revival house in Odum.
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It was built by carpenter Paul Edward McCall for James Colquitt Ritch (1869–1944), on a corner location. It was later the home of Miss Essie Moody Carter, who by 1988 had lived there for about 65 years.][ with ]
The house was the location of the telephone exchange for Odum from the mid-1930s to 1965. The exchange was bought by Miss Essie. Miss Essie married Joe Martin, a telephone linesman, in 1937.[
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References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Houses completed in 1930
National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, Georgia
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