The Bacon-Fraser House was built in 1839 on a 23 acre tract on the eastern boundary of Hinesville by Mary Jane Bacon, widow of Major John Bacon, and it has remained owned and occupied by their heirs to the present time. Its architecture is plantation plain style, and its workmanship reflects the work of the best craftsmen of the day. The front and two-story section remains virtually unchanged, although the two shed rooms and kitchen to the rear were removed and additional rooms added in 1923. That 1923 section was removed in 1979-1980 and replaced on the original foundation by shed rooms, a porch, dining room, and kitchen in the architectural style and interior design of the 1839 era. In December 1864, a detachment of Sherman’s army assaulted the plantation, pillaging, looting, and burning; the house was spared, but the barn and all outbuildings were burned by Northern troops.