Older houses often had a stone foundation, as does this historic home. See if you can determine the significance of this home, and tell us where it is located. Send your idea to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your hometown.
Scott Mullennix of Peachtree Corners recognized the recent Mystery Photo….because he’s hiked it! He wrote: “The mystery photo is the House O’ Dreams at Berry College. Berry students built this for their founder, Martha Berry, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the college in the early 1920s. It sits on top of Lavender Mountain on the Berry College campus, which is the largest campus in North America at 27,000 acres.
“We recently went on a hike to the House of Dreams. It is 2.8 miles from the parking lot to the top of the mountain where the cabin is located (and every step is UPHILL!).”
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas added. ‘There are two particular aspects of this house that are rather unique – first, is its location, and second, is how it was built.
- It is located on the expansive grounds of Berry College in the foothills of the Georgia Appalachian Mountains. At 27,000-acres, this is the largest contiguous college campus in the world! Pretty impressive!
- The second unique fact is that the house was constructed using materials sourced directly from the mountain itself, entirely by hand and without the use of “modern machinery” that was available at the time (such as powered concrete mixers, gas-powered saws, electric drills, etc.) Instead, the students hand-quarried the stone and transported materials up the mountain using mule-drawn wagons, and employed traditional hand tools such as hammers, chisels, and hand saws. These methods reflect the school’s emphasis on hard work and self-reliance.”
Also sending in the right answer were Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; and George Graf, Palmyra, Va. The photo came from Rebecca Baumann of Lilburn.
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