Allen House

The Allen House, a late Federal Style home built around 1845 near Kingston, had seven rooms on two levels and comfortably housed the Allen family of four. Its upper level and facade showed the symmetry typical of Federal Style architecture, while single log pine porch columns and many large glass windows reflected the family’s wealth. A secondary staircase on the left led directly into the dining room so meals could be carried inside from the yard, and the lower level was all brick with massive hand-hewn pine beams supporting the ceiling. Bryan Allen grew cotton and served in the local court system in nearby Cartersville. He and his wife Nancy had two sons, both of whom served in the Confederate Army: Virgil, the elder, served in the Georgia Cavalry for the entire war, while Zachariah enlisted at the start of the war but was mustered out after six months when it was discovered he was only 14. Both brothers survived the war and later had families of their own. The Allens sold the house and land in the 1870's to the Warren family, who lived there into the 20th century.

Georgia · United States