Question for Julien.

Hi jbow,
 Were you in Moultrie this past weekend?
 
 I was. I got rescheduled and ended up there for a 3 a.m. call on Friday and then did a mind numbing 19 hour shift on Saturday.
 
 Anyways, I got a question; Who lives in the "Chateau" on Tallokas Road? That is one fancy hacienda.
 
 Idle minds want to know... there must be a great story behind it. I wanna know all the gossip too. :-)
 
 
best regards,
mike

 
Sorry I missed you. I slept at the Holiday Inn Express but it wasn't for very long.
 
I was scheduled to be in Tallahassee recording music but that got shuffled with some football season TV stuff up in Moultrie.
 
Here's the house: http://goo.gl/maps/ju81k

Thanks Julien!!!
 
I couldn't help myself, I caught it out of the corner of my eye while traveling in a convoy of cars to a location and I had an urge to learn more about this house. I was even combing the Moultire tax roles.
 
I knew this house had to be famous and historical:
 
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/colquittcounty/rbwrightjrhouse.htm
 

This is where I grew up and where my parents live. The house on the right was my uncle's house. My dad was the local exterminator and my uncle was the town photographer back in the 50s-70s.
http://goo.gl/maps/EGXRD
Growing up, our house was yellow, I think it looked better yellow, Royce's house was dark brown.
 
J

mike_mccue
Thanks Julien!!!
 
I couldn't help myself, I caught it out of the corner of my eye while traveling in a convoy of cars to a location and I had an urge to learn more about this house. I was even combing the Moultire tax roles.
 
I knew this house had to be famous and historical:
 
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/colquittcounty/rbwrightjrhouse.htm
 

It's amazing how one little crappy sign can make a wonderful mansion look trashy...  You would think they could afford a nice, ornate sign instead.
 
The law of entropy at work I guess.

I don't even know if anyone lives there now. I am pretty sure Robert died years ago. That two blocks along Tallokas Rd is where all the "rich" lived when I was young, doctors, lawyers, etc. Well, not all but a lot... look at that other house sometime. The one C.O. Smith built, he lived there and in Atlanta. He owned a chemical company and Peachtree Homes, and who knows what else. His nephew Owen and I played in our first band together in the 8th grade. He lived in the big white house on the left, going north on 319 right before you get to the big lot were the old hospital was.... also going north just past that take a look to the left at the log cabin type house. It is really beautiful. It is on the corner of 12 Ave and S Main. Thomasville is one beautiful town too. We drove by the "Big Oak" in Thomasville on Saturday after lunch at O'neals... it is still amazing. We used to ride motorcycles down the canopy road into Florida on the weekends when we were yong and immortal.
Beautiful country!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Oak
 

 
J