Sarah Murphy Born in 1892 to Gabriel and Huldah McLendon, former slaves on an Alabama plantation, Sarah McLendon was the tenth of eleven children. Her mother passed away when Sarah was just four...
Sarah Murphy Born in 1892 to Gabriel and Huldah McLendon, former slaves on an Alabama plantation, Sarah McLendon was the tenth of eleven children. Her mother passed away when Sarah was just four...
One Mans Junk… Old Car City, U.S.A. traces its roots back to 1931 when Walter Lewis opened a small general store in White, Georgia a tiny town incorporated just over a decade earlier in 1919...
Cedar Hill School’s Cedar Hill holds a significant place in the history of the Polk County community of Cedartown. Built in 1955 in a rural area, it operated for many years as a segregated high...
Northwest Probation Detention Center (NPDC) Built in 1998 and located in Cedartown, Georgia, the Northwest Probation Detention Center (NPDC) was a minimum-security facility operated by the Georgia...
Euharlee School In the late 1800s, the Rockmart School System operated out of Zion Hill First Baptist Church. After a storm destroyed the church in the early 1900s, a four-room school was constructed...
Army Hospital to State Hospital Battey State Hospital has a rich history dating to its establishment in 1943 during World War II. Originally, it served as a temporary Army General Hospital and was...
Edwin Gardner Weed School The Weed School was founded in 1936 in Augusta, Georgia, as an elementary school for Black children, this property, dedicated to the memory of the late Reverend Edwin Weed...
The Chatillon Corporation In 1928, The Chatillon Corporation Silk Mills of Milan relocated to Rome, Georgia, where it transformed into the American Chatillon Corporation. The primary focus of this...
GMHI Foundations Established in 1965 as a collaborative effort between the State of Georgia and Emory University, the facility known as Georgia Mental Health Institute served as the state’s...
Willie House The Willie House in Louisville, Georgia was built in 1904 by J. D. Chase, a local carpenter. The property it was built upon was the site of the Louisville Hotel which burned down on...
Hyde Park A Toxic History Hyde Park, a neighborhood located just outside of Augusta, has a relatively short history that traces back to the mid-1940s. Originally, the land was owned by a horse race...
Dr. Charles Lee Scudder and Joseph Odom Out near Summerville, Georgia lays what remains of Corpsewood Manor, a house built by Dr. Charles Lee Scudder and his partner Joseph Odom, and the site of...
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