Harris-Murrow-Trowell House


The Harris-Murrow-Trowell House in Screven County, Georgia was built 1889 as one of the first houses in the small village of Oliver, after Central of Georgia Railway established a stop there. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
Its NRHP nomination described it as having "local significance in the area of architecture as a good
example of a 1889 gabled wing cottage type house with an attached tenant house on the rear
elevation. According to Georgia's Living Places: Historic Houses in Their Landscaped Settings,
gabled wing cottages were built throughout Georgia primarily between 1875 and 1915 on farms and
in Georgia's towns and cities. It was a popular house type that was built throughout the state in both
modest and well-to-do parts of the state. The gabled wing cottage is either T-or L-shaped and
usually has a gabled roof. Other than the rear addition, the Harris-Murrow-Trowell House retains its
historic exterior and interior finishes and materials and has changed little since its construction."