107 DeGroat Street (House), 107 DeGroat Street, La Grange, Troup County, GA

Significance: This wooden one-story minimal bungalow was built to house operatives for the nearby Dixie Mill, which began production ca. 1895 as LaGrange's first textile mill. While this home could accommodate a family, a number of short-term tenants appear to have occupied the dwelling throughout the 1950s with some periods of vacancy, as well. Tenants included Robert J. Robinson, a loom fixer, and Hattie L. Johnson, a widow. Though city directories show this house was not extant before 1952, some construction details point to an earlier erection date. Unlike many nearby houses, the bathroom wing appears to have been an integral part of the house plan, owing to its width being the same as that of the front porch. This house is probably among the last that West Point Manufacturing Co. built for its mill employees. In the 1950s, textile mills began to divest themselves of employee housing; West Point alone sold 1900 homes in 1953.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1488
Survey number: HAER GA-115