Callaway, Cason and Virginia, House

Set at the foot of the Pine Mountain ridge in Harris County, this 57-acre estate centers on a log lodge built in 1931 from pine felled on the property. Atlanta architects Ivey and Crook designed it in the manner of the Adirondack camps, with saddle-notched logs, granite chimneys and a great room finished in split logs. It began as a hunting lodge for Fuller E. Callaway, Jr., then became the permanent home of his brother Cason Callaway and his wife Virginia in the mid-1930s. Additions followed, including an enlarged kitchen, a bedroom wing in 1939 and an enclosed pool in 1955. The grounds hold a granite garage, guest cottage, servants quarters, rock office, tenant house, tennis court, Lake Ida and seven circular lily pools. The property is considered significant for its rare rustic architecture in Georgia, for its association with Cason Callaway, and for its agricultural and conservation history. Visitors included Franklin Roosevelt and other national figures.