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Rabun Colony Club & other Historic Ruins at The Hambidge Center, Rabun County, GA February 2021 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2021) |
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Rabun Colony Club & other Historic Ruins at The Hambidge Center, Rabun County, GA February 2021 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2021) |
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| Hambidge's Building & Grounds Manager showed me the architect's rendering of the Lodge From the Clayton Tribune, June 12, 1914 The designer, Emmett Dougherty, was a well-known Atlanta architect, who later moved to Nashville and designed several well-known structures there. |
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| Southeast corner of the lodge |
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| East wall, southeast corner |
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| Direct view of southeast corner |
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| South wall at southeast corner |
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| View toward SE corner, from interior, along south wall |
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| Interior view, SE corner |
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| Interior view |
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| Rock wall detail |
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| Southwest corner |
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| Interior view |
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| Interior view, SE corner room |
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| Some of the other historical structures and ruins on the grounds: |
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| Spring House |
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| Spring House, from another angle |
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| Remains of the Dye operation |
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| Stone chimney from the 1915 cabin |
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| Rear of chimney With what appears to be the top of an old wood-burning stove leaning against it... |
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| Silo and old farm equipment |
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| Old sorghum mill |
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| Magraw Springhouse, across Betty's Creek along the wildflower trail |