Pigtail Alley Historic District

Pigtail Alley is a residential district of about 22 acres in Lumpkin, Georgia, running along both sides of Old Chestnut Road. The name comes from the way the road curves out of town instead of following the street grid. The road once led to Cuthbert and Eufaula, the nearest shipping point for goods to and from Atlanta until the railroad reached the area in 1886. The houses are mostly one-story wood-frame buildings, from small cottages to larger plantation houses, dating from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Plantation Plain, Greek Revival, Victorian and Classical Revival styles are mixed together along the street. Details include tongue and groove paneling, trabeated entrances, turned posts and scroll work. Houses sit well back on large lots with agricultural land behind them, giving the street a rural look. Farms along the road were later subdivided as the town grew. The district was listed for its architecture and its link to Lumpkin's early development.