The Exterior of the Blakely House - Ora SC

[kokopelle]

This picture set features the exterior of the Blakely House in Ora SC. Ora is a small town on the outskirts of Laurens SC. The community was a thriving farming community until an agricultural depression just prior to the Great Depression of 1929. The events of the 1930s forced many farmers to sell their land and leave for the city. The age of prosperous farmers ended and many houses and buildings fell into disuse.

The Blakely house was once a grand house with electricity, gas heat and wonderful wood work. A set of french windows makes the now ruined building stand out from the remaining multi story farming houses in the area. This blog entry focuses on the exterior features of the house. A future blog entry will feature the equally grand and ruined interior.

All 97 pictures of the Blakely House are in this flickr set.

Top:French Windows at Front of House Bottom: Attic Window at Rear of House

Click on picture to see more larger image

Front of Blakely House	Looking Above the French Windows	Details on Left Side of French Windows
Details on Right Side of French Windows	Bottom of Left Side of French Windows	Right Side of French Windows
Front Door.  The Porch has Collapsed	Side Room with Collapsed Wall	Crooked Window at Front of House
Very Early Fuse Box for the Entire House	Collapsed Room at Rear of House	Collapsed Room at Rear of House
Crooked Windows on Rear Porch	Attic Window at Rear of House	Looking Up at Attic Window

Comments

[valleysailor.livejournal.com]

In case I haven't said it often enough before, I really, REALLY enjoy your abandoned structures pictures! They have a unique character and make one think of times gone by in a way that non-dilapidated structures just don't.

[greensh.livejournal.com]

I agree about the unique character. A "run-down" modern building does not have the same aurora of a building like the Blakely House. It is simutaneously heart-breaking and heart-warming to see a grand building still standing, but yet its fate is doomed.

[greensh.livejournal.com]

Are there many buildings like this in Columbia?