Eagle Tavern
Eagle Tavern, or Hotel, was the center of social and political life in Watkinsville for more than a hundred years. It was saved from destruction in 1934 by Lanier Richardson Billups of...
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The Stoneman Raid
Closing in on Atlanta in July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman found it ´too strong to assault and too extensive to invest.´ To force its evacuation, he sent Maj. Gen. Geo. Stoneman´s cavalry to...
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John Andrew
Just west of this marker is the grave John Andrew who was a Revolutionary War soldier who fought in Georgia and South Carolina and served in the Georgia House of Assembly in 1783. He was a...
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Birthplace of Bishop A. G. Haygood and Miss Laura A. Haygood
This house, about 150 years old, was the birthplace of Bishop Atticus Green Haygood in 1839 and his sister, Laura Askew Haygood, in 1845. Bishop Haygood was chaplain and missionary to the Army,...
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Oconee County
This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 25, 1875, is named for the Oconee River which forms its eastern boundary. In 1801 Watkinsville was made County Site of Clarke County but in...
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Newton County 4-H Program
The Newton County Boys Corn Club, first in the south and a forerunner of the 4-H Club´s, was organized in 1904 by G.C. Adams, superintendent of schools. The girl´s tomato club, the paltry club and...
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Factory Shoals - 1820
This area represents one of George´s earliest experiences in advanced water-powered industrialization technologically unsurpassed in the U.S. Archaeological remains of 5 mills ranging from large...
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Mansfield School - 1908
Mansfield´s first school was Center Grove Academy built prior to 1860. The Green Schoolhouse was established in 1890. Mansfield High School was moved to this site in 1908. Placed By...
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Washington Street School
Washington Street School A Bedrock of Black History in Newton County, GA. In 1889 Washington Street School was established under the Covington City School system. The old building burned in 1939....
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Dr. James Thomas Gibson
October 5, 1857 - June 21, 1921 This site represents a typical rule medical practice 1881 -- 1921. Dr. James T. Gibson began his practice in Porterdale, Newton County at age 24. He made his calls...
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Kitty's Cottage - 1842
Kitty´s cottage was built in 1842 by Bishop James O. Andrew for an inherited slave who could not be freed and still live in Georgia; Kitty preferred to remain with the Andrew family rather than...
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Salem Campground - 1828
150 years of Glory to God and Service to Man 1828 -- 1978 Tabernacle erected c. 1854 Recorded in 1936 Historic American Buildings Survey Presented By Newton County Historical Society, Inc....
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Old Church - 1841
Old Church was the first Chapel of Emory College, and a church for Methodists in Oxford, a pulpit for scholar--preachers. It was the center of Methodism in the South when the issue of...
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City Hall - 1958-1996
In 1958, the school building, so well loved by so many, was demolished and replaced by long needed municipal building. It housed the administrative offices, the fire department, the...
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Covington City School - 1889-1949
The old female college building served the City of Covington Public School system and to 1896 when a new building replaced the old structure. At the turn of the century measures to improve...
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