Wilkes County, GA Vintage Architecture Photo, 20th CenturyThis vintage photograph captures a wooden building situated in Wilkes County, Georgia, an area known for its rich architectural history. Taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston, a prominent photographer in the early 20th century, this image forms part of the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South. The survey aimed to document significant architectural structures across the southern United States, providing valuable insight into the regions

This vintage map of Des Moines

German Church

reflecting the historical significance of the areas cemeteries

Prints and Photographs Division

reflects the lifestyle and climate of the South

This vintage photograph showcases a pre-Revolutionary wooden house located in Savannah

The photograph was later published in The Early Architecture of Georgia by Frederick Doveton Nichols

a project aimed at documenting significant structures in the region

The two-story frame structure

Fisk University flourishing in the post-Reconstruction era

making it a vital area for understanding Southern heritage

It captures the wide grid of streets