SAVING OLD HOUSES 

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Available for relocation!  Gatewood House is a remarkable Federal style house originally constructed in 1806 and later expanded in 1812 and including a kitchen wing of more recent construction. Don't be fooled by the simplicity of the 

exterior! The details are beautifully refined throughout the ten original principal rooms. Mantels are elegant Gatewood House began its days in nearby Putnam County and is among the finest examples of its style and period in the region. 

 

From the National Register of Historic Places nomination, 1975:

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"Located in Putnam County approximately seven and one fourth miles northeast of Eatonton, Georgia, following Georgia Highway 44, Gatewood House can be described as a plain style house built c. 1805-1812. It is surrounded by acres of pasture and forest land and is situated near Lick Creek. Basically it is a two story, beaded weatherboarded structure with an attic and pitched roof. The house supports three chimneys and two raised shed porches.

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The main section of the house having a three bayed front, off-centered shed porch, attic and on its north and south elevations, two brick chimneys, seems to have been the original plan. However, the eastern end of the house is composed of a smaller, square-framed structure only two floors high which supports a smaller chimney on its eastern side. A shed porch on the southern elevation spans these larger and smaller sections, tying them together. Both distinct components were built probably at the same time, with the eastern section being an apparent afterthought perhaps as a result of the need for more space.

 

The western elevation of the house shows the apparent main entrance. Three windows are set asymmetrically across the stark, clapboard facade of the second floor. Below them a small raised porch standing to the far left side, supported with posts, serves as the only interruption in the unornamented entrance. Here two separate doors lead into the kitchen and a drawing room respectively.

 

On the southern facade two smaller windows, located above the second floor and flanking the upper portion of the chimney, denote the attic space. On this south side a small shed porch (as mentioned above) bridges the two sections of the house where an entrance with a single, sidelighted door leads into a hallway. The northern facade is built exactly the same with windows of the second floor placed symmetrically over the windows or doors of the first floor creating balanced proportions.

 

Though simple in style, Gatewood 's exterior supports two chimneys of extremely unique design, with a delicate diamond patterned bonding used in the brickwork for the chimneys. This bonding has been found to appear in very few houses in Georgia, one other house being only a few miles from Gatewood.

 

The interior of the house is composed of a first floor with four large rooms (a parlor, drawing room, kitchen, and sitting room) and a hall, a second floor containing four bedrooms and hall, and a small attic. Two stairways, one in the first floor entrance hall, and another in the drawing room, lead to the second floor. The floors are of wide pine boards and most of the rooms have wainscotting. In the first floor kitchen and living room, corner cabinets built into the wall are solid mahogony. Perhaps the most outstanding interior features of house are its mantels. There are six altogether, four of which are shown in the photographs. Photographs enclosed show the delicate reeding and molding in the Adam style found in the mantel of the drawing room. This elegant style is carried over with some modifications in the kitchen mantel. Upstairs the mantels are much simpler and heavier, but like the others, have a refinement of unusual quality not often foundin early pioneer homes in Georgia. This simple elegance of Gatewood is carried not only in its mantels, walls, and floors, but also in its heavy oak-grained doors. One bedroom door still retains their large, ornate character. The Gatewood house remains in its original state with no alterations since its building over 150 years ago. It has in the past ten years fallen into a bad state of repair, but its recent purchase is the beginning of its restoration process."

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This will be the third move for the Gatewood House since 1975 and a house of this caliber is certainly worth the effort!

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For more information about this process and documents required to complete the acquisition of an endangered property,  please be sure to check out the FAQ page!

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Open House Dates:

Saturday October 9th, 2021 11 AM to 4 PM

This will be a fun event complete with lunch. Barbecue and an amazing old house; what more can we ask for???

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Saturday October 23rd, 2021 11 AM to 4 PM

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** Visitors will be asked to sign a waiver prior to entry. This is only a precautionary measure. With exception to the later kitchen, which may not be entered, the house is structurally sound. 

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A list of structural movers within the area:

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Tugaloo House Movers

(888) 886-6831

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RC Poss

(478) 731-6300

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Fish Brothers House Movers

(478) 934-1362

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David Looper House Movers 

(770) 536-3102

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National Register of Historic Places listing:

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Asset Detail (nps.gov)