Bellamy Historic District

Along the Old Federal Road near Carnesville, Georgia, a string of farm complexes forms a rural community whose oldest building dates to about 1800. The Richard Bellamy log house, a two-room structure with half-dovetail canted logs, was built before the road itself and is the oldest house in this stretch. Later buildings include the 1886 John T. Stevenson House, the 1890 E.E. Coffee House with Queen Anne influence, and the 1907 Martin-Adams House, along with log and framed barns, a log corn crib and a potato house. Richard Bellamy settled here on a Revolutionary War land grant, and the community grew through the 19th century to include a store, a mill and a cotton gin. Cotton became the main crop, and farms were larger than typical for the area. Prosperity peaked early in the 20th century before the boll weevil and the Depression ended it. The district has 14 contributing and 10 noncontributing buildings.