Rabun Colony Club & other Historic Ruins at The Hambidge Center, Rabun County, GA February 2021

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I was never really happy with the photos of these ruins that I took in 2013, due to the leafy summer undergrowth and
poor lighting conditions.   I revisited the ruins and also shot some of the other historic structures around the property.

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.

Southeast corner of the lodge

East wall, southeast corner

Direct view of southeast corner

South wall at southeast corner

View toward SE corner, from interior, along south wall

Interior view, SE corner

Interior view

Rock wall detail

Southwest corner

Interior view

Interior view, SE corner room

Some of the other historical structures and ruins on the grounds:

Spring House

Spring House, from another angle

Remains of the Dye operation

Stone chimney from the 1915 cabin

Rear of chimney With what appears to be the top of an old wood-burning stove leaning against it...

Silo and old farm equipment

Old sorghum mill

Magraw Springhouse, across Betty's Creek along the wildflower trail Built about 1912, this stone structure is slowly tilting into the underground spring.

Rabun Colony Club Index

SE Ruins Index

SE USA Index

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