Dodge County
This County created by Act of the Legislature Oct. 26, 1870, is named for William E. Dodge, a New York lumberman who owned large areas of the forest lands and who persuaded Congress to...
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During the Battle of Decatur
During the Battle of Decatur July 22nd, 1864 there was hot fighting in and around the old courthouse which stood on this square. Wheeler´s Calvary made a gallant charge here and captured a battery...
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The Waffle House
At this location, on Labor Day 1955, Avondale Estates neighbors Joe Rogers, Sr., and Tom Forkner founded the first Waffle House restaurant. The name was inspired by the most popular item on...
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The Beacon Community (Side 2)
The Allen Wilson Terrace Public Housing Project constructed in 1941, was named for the first African-American. School principal in Decatur. These school building, Lilly Hill Baptist Church, the...
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The Beacon Community (Side 1)
The Beacon Community was the center of Decatur´s African American community until its demolition by the Urban Renewal programs of the mid-1960s. Bounded by N. McDonough Street on the east....
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces That have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY Smoke Rise Morning Glories, Mountain Mums, And Smoke Rise Garden Clubs IN COPOERATION WITH...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces That have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY Rose of Sharon Garden Club of the Redbud District IN COPOERATION WITH DeKalb County Federation of Garden...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces That have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY DeKalb County Federation of Garden Club, Inc. in cooperation with the Redbud District and The Garden...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces That have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY Avon Garden Club, The Avondale Estates Garden Club in cooperation with the Garden Clubs of Georgia,...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces That have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY The Garden Club Members of the Redbud District IN COPOERATION WITH Stone Mountain Park AND The Garden...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces That have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY DeKalb County Federation of Gardens Clubs, Inc. Redbud District in cooperation with the Garden Clubs...
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Trail to Standing Peachtree and Houston Chapel
This ancient trail led west to the Indian village of Standing Peachtree. It joined the Shallowford Trail near this spot linking it with trade routes to Stone Mountain. Later becoming a road it...
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H.F. “DOC” Manget, Jr.
H.F. "DOC" Manget, Jr. 1921 -- 2004 Naval aviator 1941 - 1981 DeKalb Peachtree Airport Director 1959 - 1990 With the onset of World War II, Henry F."DOC" Manget Jr., interrupted his...
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Stone Mountain Covered Bridge
Covered bridges" or "lattice bridges" were common throughout the Eastern U.S. during the nineteenth century. This bridge formerly spanned the North Fork of the Oconee River in the city of...
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Ivy Street
On June 3, 2005, the central road of this campus was formally named "Ivy St," in honor of the hallowed tradition associated with the original Marist campus on Ivy Street in downtown Atlants. With...
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Historic Ground
This modern TV station, WAGA-TV stands in land lot 57 of the 18h District of the original Henry, now DeKalb County, near the south fork of Peachtree Creek, was erected in 1966. In July, 1864...
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Historic Decatur Cemetery
The oldest known publicly owned burial ground in metro Atlanta, the Decatur Cemetery is believed to predate the city´s 1823 incorporation. The first written record is an 1852 act of the...
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Georgia Railway and Power Company Trolley Waiting Station
Georgia Railway and Power Company, predecessor of Georgia Power, built this trolley waiting station in 1923. The waiting station served Druid Hills residential development when the streetcar line...
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Dr. Chapmon Powell's "Medicine House" and W.J. Houston Plantation
About 1826, Dr. Chapmon Powell erected a log cabin beside the Shallowford Trail near this sit. His Indian patients called it the "Medicine House". His cabin had been relocated onto this site...
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Jimmy Carter - Shining Light Award
1994 Shining Light Award Honoring Jimmy Carter Founder of the Carter Center 1982 President of the United States 1977-1981 Governor of Georgia 1971-1975 His Shining Light Brings People together To...
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