Off Swamp Rd. approximately 7 mi. S of Waycross, Waycross, Georgia. County/parish: Ware.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 20, 1995. NRIS 95000742.
1 contributing building.
The Obediah Barber Homestead is a late-19th century homestead of Obediah Barber (1825-1909). The homestead was built in 1870 and is near the northern edge of the Okefenokee Swamp in Ware County, Georgia, 7 miles south of Waycross, Georgia. Barber, who was known as the "King of the Swamp", was a great explorer of the swamp. The main house, the detached kitchen, and the well were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209851