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  The western end of the center of Brewton is the intersection of Sawell Road and Highway 31.
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  Boards are cut and planed in this section of the mill.
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  The gazebo is in the center of the space.
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  The company specializes in virgin heart pine wood for tongue-in-grove flooring.
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  Stacks of boards are stored to air dry in the lumber yard.
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  Mrs. Pete Baucum searches the stacks for the perfect pieces of curly pine boards for a cabinet.
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  The equipment on the right of the photograph is used to mill tongue and grove lumber for flooring.
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  The Milton Drugstore at 128 Willing Street was rebuilt in 1910 after a fire. It burned again in 1987.
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  Ceilings of the front porch were traditionally painted blue. In the South Carolina Low Country, there's a name for the blue of porch ceiling: haint blue. Alphonso Brown, a guide with Gullah Tours in Charleston, S.C., explains that a haint is a spirit or a ghost, and in Charleston, many people also paint the trim on their houses blue to ward off evil spirits.
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  New buyers couldn't afford Victorian, Edwardian, or Queen Anne homes that were popular at that time. To make purchasing more affordable, something simpler was needed. They looked for a structure that could be erected easily, quickly and inexpensively. The shotgun house filled the bill.