McRainey Mansion

[Rozari]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i297/Rozari/McRaineyMansion.jpg

[René]

Love this, kinda spooky!

[PhotoJet]

This is cool! :) Where is it located?

[Chiller]

Wow....I would give away somebody elses relative to be able to get in there. Im going to buy a lottery ticket, and if I win, Im coming to the lovely hamlet of Georgia, and your taking me there. :biglaugh:

Sorry....love this one Tam. Would be great to deck out for halloween.

[Antarctican]

Whoa, spooky indeed! What a great find! Is that one column on the porch falling down? It looks like it was indeed once a very ornate building (note the details along the roof line). Do you have any idea how old it is?

Thanks for sharing this one!

[MissMia]

I bet this was a grand place at one time. It would be neat to see an image of it in it's hay day. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Rozari]

Ask and ye shall receive. This amazing old mansion has become a small obsession with me to the point that I have tracked down just about everything I can find out about it. It is located in a teeny, washed up town in Baker County Georgia. The town is called Elmodel and true to our southern tendency to change the pronunciation of names, it's pronounced with the emphasis on the first and last syllables.
Believe me when I say I have stood on the front steps and LONGED to go inside, but even I, a seasoned tresspasser, won't cross the threshhold. It's simply too dangerous. Most of the columns have collapsed and whole sections of the house are sloughing off. I think a good sneeze could send the whole thing tumbling down.

It was built in 1908 by Malcolm Archibald McRainey who was a prominent farmer who also owned naval stores (turpentine?). The town grew up around his plantation.
He died in 1914 and the house has been passed down through the generations until it is now the property of an aunt who forbids anyone to go near it. (yeah, I know. I go near it all the time. I hope she doesn't shoot out my tires. I've been told she's prone to that). Why she won't allow anyone to touch it is beyond me. The longer it sits, the more it deteriorates. Most likely, it is beyond help, even now.
One of the things that makes it so striking is it's location. You're driving along a country road of woods and farms and a few modest homes and suddenly you pass this absolute MONSTER of a house. It's shocking the first time you see it.
Anyway, I could go on and on, but here is a picture I found. This is the house when it was loved....

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i297/Rozari/McRaineyMansioninElmodel.jpg

[PhotoJet]

That house is still loved, though... isn't it? ;)

How neat that you've done this research. It would be nice if you could maybe go talk to that aunt. She might give you a clue about why it sits like this.

[Tangerini]

Wow. Your photo certainly does have a creepy vibe, very nice.
The background story on the mansion is really intriguing too, thank you for sharing it. :)

[MissMia]

Ask and ye shall receive. This amazing old mansion has become a small obsession with me to the point that I have tracked down just about everything I can find out about it. It is located in a teeny, washed up town in Baker County Georgia. The town is called Elmodel and true to our southern tendency to change the pronunciation of names, it's pronounced with the emphasis on the first and last syllables.
Believe me when I say I have stood on the front steps and LONGED to go inside, but even I, a seasoned tresspasser, won't cross the threshhold. It's simply too dangerous. Most of the columns have collapsed and whole sections of the house are sloughing off. I think a good sneeze could send the whole thing tumbling down.

It was built in 1908 by Malcolm Archibald McRainey who was a prominent farmer who also owned naval stores (turpentine?). The town grew up around his plantation.
He died in 1914 and the house has been passed down through the generations until it is now the property of an aunt who forbids anyone to go near it. (yeah, I know. I go near it all the time. I hope she doesn't shoot out my tires. I've been told she's prone to that). Why she won't allow anyone to touch it is beyond me. The longer it sits, the more it deteriorates. Most likely, it is beyond help, even now.
One of the things that makes it so striking is it's location. You're driving along a country road of woods and farms and a few modest homes and suddenly you pass this absolute MONSTER of a house. It's shocking the first time you see it.
Anyway, I could go on and on, but here is a picture I found. This is the house when it was loved....

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i297/Rozari/McRaineyMansioninElmodel.jpg

Thanks for sharing this with us! It's a shame it was not restored years ago.

[Antarctican]

It is indeed sad that this grand old house has been allowed to fall apart like this.

I really appreciate you digging out the details and old pic of it in its heyday.

[thorhammer]

Ill sleep there for 500 bucks...

[Chiller]

Id sleep there for free. :mrgreen: