The Hill House is located on Main Street across from the old Woodstock Elementary School. I remember seeing old buggies sitting on the front porch. Now it sits abandoned and overgrown with wisteria. Look closely and you can see the beautiful details of the curved wrap around porch. The Hill family consisted of five people, the grandmother Mrs. Lavena Saye Hill, her son William Alonzo Hill, her daughter Miss Ola, another daughter Mrs. Jennie Abercrombie and Mrs. Jennie's daughter, Laura. They were described as the most unique and wealthiest family in town. They kept a flock of laying hens and many bee hives around the house. Mr. Lon (Alonzo) hauled ore from the mines to a railroad in Kennesaw. Miss Ola oversaw the family store and bartered with neighbors. I hope this once beautiful house will be restored one day.
Makes me sad to see houses with beauty and history abandoned. Do you know of any efforts to fix it up?
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