McDaniel Farm Outhouse is a charming plein air acrylic painting (finalized in studio) that captures one of the most endearing and humble structures at McDaniel Farm Historic Park in Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia. This 16″ × 20″ work focuses on the tiny, classic outhouse tucked behind the restored 1930s tenant house, complete with its iconic half-moon cutout on the door. Shade trees with full summer leaf canopy shelter the scene, allowing late-morning sun to filter through and cast long, soft shadows across the ground. Old cattle fences partition the area, pastures stretch behind, and distant forest gives the impression of being deep in farmland—quietly evoking the simple, practical life of tenant families who once worked the land.
Don Yaun discovered this spot during his second visit to the park. His original plan was to paint the modest tenant house (a shotgun-style cabin for farmhands), but the outhouse proved elusive from good angles. Repositioning himself gave a perfect, unobstructed view—sunlight playing through leaves, fences framing the scene, and the half-moon door adding its timeless, nostalgic touch. The painting preserves a small but significant piece of rural Georgia history.
About McDaniel Farm Historic Park McDaniel Farm Park preserves a 125-acre site that originated in an 1820 land lottery and remained in the McDaniel family from 1859 until 1999. Restored to reflect a typical 1930s Gwinnett County farm, it features a furnished farmhouse, barn, blacksmith shed, carriage house, chicken coop, well house, and a small tenant house (shotgun-style cabin) with its original outhouse behind it. The tenant house and outhouse represent the simple living conditions of sharecroppers and farmhands who helped with cotton, corn, soybeans, vegetables, and livestock. The park offers trails, gardens, and living-history demonstrations, providing a peaceful glimpse into Georgia’s agricultural past amid modern Duluth.