James Henry and Rachel Kilby House

The James Henry and Rachel Kilby House was built around 1898[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1] It is located at 28 Tumbling Waters Lane in rural Rabun County, Georgia in the Persimmon community (try Persimmon, Georgia), about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Clayton.[2]

James Henry and Rachel Kilby House
James Henry and Rachel Kilby House is located in Georgia
James Henry and Rachel Kilby House
Nearest cityClayton, Georgia
Coordinates34.94404°N 83.49453°W / 34.94404; -83.49453
Arealess than one acre
Built1898
Built byJames Henry Kilby
Architectural styleI-House
NRHP reference No.05000078[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 2005

The house is a two-story I-house with a rear, gabled ell one-and-a-half-stories tall. It had a hall-parlor plan. It rests upon locust and chestnut wood piers in the front, and upon a pine sill atop support stones in the rear.[2]

In 2005, the house was still covered with its original unpainted yellow poplar shiplap siding.[2]

A second contributing building on the property is the barn built at the same time as the house, built of hand-hewn pine, oak, and locust logs, upon a continuous stone foundation. Gables at each end have yellow poplar siding; it has a standing seam metal roof. It is of a type commonly called a transverse crib barn in Georgia, and has cribs on each side of a wide runway.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Holly L. Anderson; Susan Rogers; Catherine Sale (January 5, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: James Henry and Rachel Kilby House". National Park Service. Retrieved November 21, 2019. Includes plans. With accompanying 15 photos from 2004


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