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...
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....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
This private institution, although undergoing several trusteeships and name changes, continuously functioned as an exclusive female school for over 50 years. It attracted students from southern...
Water power, fertile land and excellent fishing were major attractions. Early settlers built a sawmill, grist mill and other small industries. The town developed on both sides of the river...
Though chartered early, the building for the Academy was not completed until 1827. At first girls & boys attended. Shortly, however, it became all male school, also known as Academy Springs School...
Formerly part of Baldwin, Jasper counties Settlement began after the 1807 Land Lottery. R. Fretwell, W. Burge, J. Hartwell & S. Gay moved to the area c. 1809. A log church was built for...
The hydropower of a 48 foot fall on the River attracted early industry. 1831, Noah Phillips & partners had made the town of Cedar Shoals an impressive industrial complex -- sawmills, grist mill,...
In the early 1830´s mercantile business occupied this site. It was first owned and operated by George Leak, then successively. John W. Starr, C.C. Epps & Co., Benton & Cook, L.H. Cook &...
December 24, 1821 The General Store and residents of Martin Kolb was named by the Georgia General Assembly as the temporary meeting place for elections and courts of the newly formed...
On July 22, 1864, Union Cavalry from Wilder´s and Minty´s Brigades, armed with Spencer repeating rifles, entered Covington under orders of General Keener Garrard. As the Battle of Atlanta raged...
A tribute to the Nations Armed Forces who served in World War II Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info, here. Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.
This tablet marks the trail of the stage coach cross roads from Charleston to New Orleans, and from Ruckersville to Milledgeville - the state capital. To the rear stands the old inn -- a regular...
Built 1841 Dedicated by Bishop William Capers. A Confederate Hospital 1862 -- 1864. Wings and stage added by Bishop A. C. Haygood 1878. Restored 1932 by Bishop W. A. Candler. WPA 1936 Plaque...
Continued from side 1 Many prominent southern Methodists have been associated with the town and the college. Oxford was the longtime residence of bishop James O. Andrew, whose ownership of...