a number of buildings dating to the 19th century still stand in fall branch. the masonic lodge, home to johnson lodge no. 274, was completed in 1869. the joseph sheppard house, constructed in the late 1850s, was believed to have been used to hide confederate soldiers during the civil war. the bud white home was constructed by a local physician, jonathan blair white, in 1869. the hopper house, used as a boarding home for early fall branch seminary students, was constructed in the first half of the 19th century.