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Sol Akins Farm

Coordinates: 32°24′21″N 81°48′11″W / 32.4057°N 81.8031°W / 32.4057; -81.8031
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Akins, Sol, Farm
Sol Akins Farm is located in Georgia
Sol Akins Farm
LocationOld Register Rd. off US 301, 1.2 mi. S of Statesboro, Georgia
Coordinates32°24′21″N 81°48′11″W / 32.4057°N 81.8031°W / 32.4057; -81.8031
Area78 acres (32 ha)
Builtc.1864, 1880s
Built byAkins, Solomon
Architectural stylePlantation Plain
NRHP reference No.90000487[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 22, 1990

The Sol Akins Farm near Statesboro in Bulloch County, Georgia dates from c.1864. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

The Sol Akins House is a two-story Plantation Plain-style house with brick exterior chimneys at its ends, and a rear ell, and a Z-shaped back porch. It was added in the 1880s onto an original c.1864 one-story four-room dogtrot log house. The listing includes a second contributing building, which is a c. 1864 double-crib log barn, and a cemetery.[2]

It is located on private property.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Lisa Raflo (February 7, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sol Akins Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved September 14, 2017. With 13 photos.