The Hudson-Nash farmhouse will be moved across the street to the county’s Yellow River Post Office historic site on Five Forks Trickum Road between Lilburn and Snellville. Gwinnett commissioners recently awarded a $162,000 contract to Complete Demolition Services, LLC to move the historic home.
According to District 2 Commissioner Lynette Howard the house had been on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s Places in Peril before it was donated to Gwinnett in 2017.
The project includes securing the structure, moving it about 500 feet across the street, and placing it on a new foundation. The work also includes salvage of the brick and stone chimneys, temporary bracing to protect it during the move, window removal and protection, weather-proofing the structure, stabilization and minor site work.
“Thomas Hudson established a plantation on the Yellow River in 1839 that covered 562 acres by the time of the Civil War,” Commission Chair Charlotte Nash said. “He ran a store and post office in a building that is now preserved at the park site and built the Hudson-Nash House. William Nash bought the property around 1880, and it remained in the family until 1996. I would love to claim a family connection to the house, but my husband is not related to William Nash to our knowledge.”
The farmhouse will undergo additional restoration work in 2019 before it will open to the public. Information: www.Gwinnett200.com.
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