There are many historic homes in Putnam County. The oldest might be the Hoge House which now sits behind the courthouse in Winfield. The Hoge house, built in1838, ceased to serve as a dwelling many, many years ago. The oldest structure in Putnam that continues as a dwelling might be the home of Charles Caldwell, Jr., in Fraziers Bottom.

Caldwell’s home, or most of it, consists of two log structures which were used to house…