Front of the Robert Tait House, Camden, Alabama, 1936, by Alex Bush for an Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (all three photos).
Looking west on the south porch. It looks as though the ceiling has been painted the traditional blue. And note that the columns do not rest on the porch floor foundation, but on the ground just in front of it, making this a Carolina or rain porch.
Front of the Robert Tait House, Camden, Alabama, 1936, by Alex Bush for an Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (all three photos).
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In the first image it looks like there is space between the boards on the second floor so it’s amazing what great shape it is in today.
I think it looks like that because the white paint was wearing away from the darker wood boards, but the shutters were definitely suffering.
I just noticed in the 2008 photo on Wikipedia that the porch is a Carolina or rain porch, which has columns that rest on masonry bases set right on the ground, just in front of the porch itself.
https://enclosuretakerefuge.com/2016/03/20/the-sunday-porch-oak-hill-alabama/