Preservation Georgia, Fall 1997

Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Our Mission
To promote the preservation and use of historic places for
a better Georgia.
Our Vis ion
Georgia will be a better place tomorrow than it is today, providing quality communities in which to live, work, learn and recreate. Historic places will be widely valued as irreplaceable resources that contribute to our heritage, our economy, our neighborhoods, and our sense of who we are as Georgians. Communities and the State will plan for growth and change that respect and include our historic places. Communities will possess the knowledge, the legal and financial tools, and the authority to decide how preservation and new development will relate to one another. There will still be distin~tions between city and suburbs, developing areas and countryside. All Georgians will possess a greater understanding and appreciation of our shared heritage in all its variations. People and organizations throughout Georgia will work in partnership to preserve and use historic places. Georgia's communities, economy, environment, and people will be better because of the preservation of historic resources.

PRESERVATION
GEORGIA Fall 1997

llCELEBRATE THE SOUTH" AT THE 1997

PRESERVATION CONFERENCE IN ATHENS

The "classic city" of Athens will be host to the 1997 statewide historic preservation conference November 2-5. In addition to Georgia preservation professionals and volunteers, the conference will be joined by representatives from the ten southeastern state

historic preservation offices.

The conference will feature two

speakers, both renowned in their fields.

Dr. William Ferris, an internationally

known folklorist recently nominated to

be the director of the National Endow-

ment for the Humanities, will present

"Memory and Sense of Place in Southern Culture" at the opening plenary session on Monday morning, Novem-

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ber 3, at the historic Morton Theatre. A supper tour ofthe historic Shields-

Dr. Ferris will be complemented by a Ethridge Farm is one of the special

closing plenary luncheon presentation field sessions offered at the 1997

given by historian Dr. James C. Cobb. preservation conference in Athens.

He will speak on "Reconnecting with

Dixie: Place and Identity in the Contemporary South." Dr. Cobb recently

left the University of Tennessee to join the faculty of the University of

Georgia as its B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor of History.

Conference participants will be able to choose among five concur-

rent tracks- "Southern People & Their Places," "Focus on Athens," "Ex-

ploring Rural Preservation," "Preservation Success Strategies," and "SHPO

Chat Rooms." The conference will also offer tours and field sessions in and

around Athens. Conference attendees may also participate in pre-conference

tours of the nearby ci ties of Madison and Washington. The conference is also

offering its second annual historic homeowners' session on Sunday after-

noon, November 2, from 1-4 p.m. Registration for the full conference will

include registration for the homeowners' session, although people may

register only for the homeowners' session, if they wish.

As in past years, there will be affinity group meetings on Sunday

afternoon, November 2, and an Idea Exchange near the registration area

throughout the conference (cost is $25). Reservations are required for both

events. A new event this year is a bookfair, which will be offered throughout

the conference. To reserve an Idea Exchange table, call Jeanie Lewis at the

Georgia Trust, 404/881-9980; to reserve an affinity group room or for any

other conference que~tions, call Carole Moore at HPD, 404/651-5268. If you

have not yet received a conference brochure through the mail, please call

HPD at 404/656-2840.

500 The Healey Building. 57 Forsyth Street NW Atlanta, GA 30303 .404/656-2840 FAX 651/8739

DIRECTOR'S COLUMN

Georgia's Historic Courthouses Are Community Landmarks That Should Be Preserved

Georgia's historic courthouses and squares are, in many counties, the most important and recognizable landmark for the average citizen. Courthouses represent the symbolic embodiment of our counties and are tangible expressions of our local governments. They are often economic anchors within downtown h Istonc d"Istncts andprO'VdI e a sense 0 f pIace and "connectedness" with the past.

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And with numerous public improvement projects being planned around the state, the physical character and features

of these buildings and their historic landscaped settings continue to come under constant pressure from road

construction and other development activities.

Preservation of Georgia's historic courthouses and squares has long been an important goal for the HPD. In

1990, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and the Association County Commission-

ers of Georgia, the HPD published The Georgia Courthouse Manual. This illustrated guidebook provides "hands-on"

help to local governments grappling with the many issues associated with preservation and reuse of these community

landmarks and has helped in a number of jurisdictions to save and reuse scores of these important buildings.

Renovation and restoration of these community landmarks can be, and often is, expensive, estimated in a

1993 survey to cost in excess of $90 million for all 127 of the state's historic courthouses. While local financing

techniques, such as special option local sales tax programs, have certainly helped meet this need, other sources of

funding must be used if Georgia is to meet this overwhelming demand. Across our nation, states have used their state

historic preservation grant programs to deliver much-needed financial assistance to county courthouses.

Georgia's Heritage 2000 Program might serve as

one funding source to accomplish this goal in the years

ahead. This program, enacted by Governor Miller in 1994,

provides approximately $256,000 in matching grants to

local governments and private, non-profit organizations

for the stabilization, rehabilitation, or restoration of threat-

ened and endangered historic properties. The SFY 1998

grants include graRts for the rehabilitation of the Candler

County, Emanuel County, and Old Marion County court-

houses (see page 7for a complete list ofthe new awards). Four

projects in Haralson, Johnson, Taliaferro, and Old Union

counties have been funded previously, using $56,000 in

grant assistance. However, 37 other eligible projects that

requested $949,367 did not receive funding, because of a

cap in the overall size of the preservation grant fund itself.

Other states have enacted laws which ensure the

preservation and
marks. In Texas,

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landcoun-

The Emanuel County Courthouse is one of three county courthouses that will rec~ive funding from the SFY J998 Heritage 2000 Grant Program this year.

ties from demolishing, leasing, or damaging the historical or architectural integrity of county courthouses without

first notifying the Texas Historical Commission at least six months before the date for action. If the Commission

determines that a courthouse has historical significance, it will communicate that finding to the affected county.

Demolition is stayed for a period of six months, during which the commission and the county work to find ways

to preserve and maintain that courthouse.

Innovative and easily accessible historic preservation funding sources and protection programs are critical

in Georgia to expand the study, renovation, and restoration of such important public buildings. Our beautiful

courthouses and squares supply architectural and economic benefits for many communities, both large and small,

in our state. Such significant state and local resources deserve all the help we can give them.

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REHAB CORNER
Thomasville Genealogical, History, and Fine Arts Library
T he once vacant post office in downtown Thomasville has recently been rehabilitated to serve as the Thomasville Genealogical, History, and Fine Arts Library. The upper floor now houses a consortium of non-profit groups including the Thomasville Main Street program, the Thomasville Antique Show, and the Community Foundation of Southwest Georgia. The lower level houses the new Thomasville Visitors and Tourism Center, with the main level serving as the Genealogical, History, and Fine Arts Library. Founded in 1986 with strong support from noted Thomasville resident and preservationist Marguerite Williams, the Genealogy Library has since become a major repository of materials for family research throughout the south Georgia region.
The red brick building was designed by Federal architect Oscar Wenderoth and completed in 1916 to The Thomasville Genealogical, History, and Fine Arts Library serve as Thomasville's main post office. The exterior is is an impressive red brick building which contains features of articulated by granite, sandstone, and terra cotta orna- both the Colonial and Federal Revival styles of architecture. mentation. The large arched windows and terrazzo trimmed marble floors are significant to the interior's historic character. The building is a contributing property in the Thomasville Commercial Historic District which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. When the U.S. Postal Service constructed a new facility in the early 1960s, the building was adapted to house the Thomasville Public Library. It remained the main public library until the early 1990s, at which time it became vacant. !he Genealogical Library Bo~rd of Directors began a major fund raising effort in 1996 to rehabilitate the building Into a state-of-the-art reseach lIbrary. Money was donated from both public and private sources and the rehabilitated library opened in May of 1997 at an approximate cost of $1.2 million.
The main lobby of was intact and has been restored to its original grandeur. The original 15- foot-high ceilings with decorative cornice molding and heart-pine flooring were retained and refurbished as was the adjoining marble and terrazzo staircase with its cast-iron railing and wood handrails. The new staircase to the left of the main entry incorporated matching terrazzo tile with a new wood wainscoting to match that of the lobby.
One of the greatest design challenges, according to principal architect Eugene L. Surber, FAlA, of the Atlanta firm Surber Barber Choate Hertlien, was the conversion of the lower ground level into a new Visitors and Tourism C~n~er which would req~ire prominent visibility and easy access for the general public. Because the ground level ongmally housed the bOIler room, the postal carriers lounge, baths and showers, there was no public access. The solution was found in the creative placement of a sunken plaza and courtyard on the southeast side of the building. The limestone tiled courtyard provides direct access for the public off the street and was designed to be fully ADA accessible. Landscaping for the plaza and for the front of the building along Broad Street includes sunken planters and native palm trees. The original 1916 landscape plans indicate that plam trees were part of the original design and were used as a guide. Mr. Surber also indicated that one of the most interesting features about the original design of the building was its network of hidden tunnels and security passageways.
The gracious three-story red brick post office, which for years served as a community gathering spot on Thomasville's historic Broad Street, has been returned to its position as an important community landmark. "We have re-established the historic ceremonial spaces of the Post Office as well as created new ones that speak of the new use of the building," states local Thomasville architect, Charles Olsen, who also sits on the Board of Directors for the Genealogy Library. The Thomasville Genealogical, History, and Fine Arts Library will celebrate the restoration of the Old Post Office with an opening reception on September 29th, 1997.
Michael Miller PreservationA rchitect
If you know ofa project that should be highlighted in Preservation Georgia, please contact Michael Miller, at (404) 6515287.
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NATIONAl REGISTER NEWS

Properties recently added to the National Register in Georgia include the following:

DeKalb County

Fulton County
Listed on April 17,1997, the Howell Station Historic District in north-

Baldwin County
Located near Milledgeville, the 54acre Westbrook-Hubert Farm is

west Atlanta developed from the 1890s to 1946 and consists of residential buildings, a park, and three historic churches. The neighbor-

significant in the area of agriculture as an exceptionally well-preserved

hood is named after Civil War veteran and former Atlanta Mayor E.P.

farm complex that represents the variety of farming operations in Middle Georgia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The farm is also significant under the theme of architecture as a representative example of the Folk Victorian style, popular in Georgia from the 1870s through the 1910s. In addition to the main house, outbuildings include a farm manager's house, two tenant houses, a cook's house, doctor's office, barn, carriage house, smokehouse, chicken house, and privy. The nomination of the farm was sponsored by the owners, and its was listed June 13, 1997.

The Decatur Cemetery, dedicated in the 1830s, is located northeast of the city's downtown business district.
The Decatur Cemetery, located northeast of the city's downtown business district was listed May 23, 1997. Dedicated in the 1830s, it is the oldest known publicly owned burial ground in the metro Atlanta area. The cemetery includes an African-American section, the city's pauper burial grounds, and an area for children who died at the local orphanage. The nomination of the

Howell. The neighborhood developed along the Eastern and Atlanta Railroad as a predominately white, blue-collar community. Community landmark buildings include the Howell Station Christian Church (1925), the Northwest Baptist Church (1927) and the Howell Station Baptist Church (1932). The nomination was sponsored by the Knight Park Inc.!Howell Station Neighborhood Association.

Decatur Cemetery to the National

Barrow County

Register was sponsored by the City of Decatur and the DeKalb Histori-

Listed on June 4, 1997, the Auburn cal Society.

Historic District is an example of a

late-19th century Georgia town that

developed as a result of the railroad.
Most of its residential and commer- Floyd County

The two-and-one-half-story sanctuary of the Park Street Methodist Episcopal

cial buildings are representative of The Jackson Hill Historic District Church, South, features stained glass

small town architecture of the pe- is located to the northeast of down- windows and heavy ceiling beams.

riod. The town began as a farming town Rome and is comprised of two

community, but the advent of the adjoining hills, with the highest and The Park Street Methodist Episco-

railroad in 1891 brough a major fo- northermost hill being] ackson Hill. pal Church, South, located in At-

cus and redevelopment to the community, which was incorporated in 1892 as the City of Auburn. Com-

The district includes three historic development periods: the 1863-1864 Civil War fortifications; the 1892-

lanta on the edge of the Atlanta University area, was listed on May 9, 1997. The church, designed by

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mercial buildings were built facing 1939 water reservoir and filter plant; Georgia architect Charles E. Choate

the tracks, and the city's new grid and the 1935-1937 Works Progress and built in 1912, is significant as a

pattern plan was developed around Administration (WPA) community good example of a Gothic Revival-

the railroad. This plan is still in clubhouse, stonework, roads, trail, style church, retaining such details

existence, and the railroad tracks are bridges, and gardens. The nomina- as stained-glass windows, terra-cotta

also still existing and in use. The tion was sponsored by the City of detailing on the exterior, and heavy

nomination was sponsored by the Rome, and the district was listed ceiling beams. The nomination was

Auburn Historic Preservation Com- April 25, 1997.

sponsored by the church congrega-

mittee with the help of the preserva-

tion (known today as the Park Street

tion planner at the Northeast Geor-

United Methodist Church).

gia RDC.

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The Simeon & Jane Rucker Log House is a recently restored c. 1833 log house with modern additions located near Alpharetta. The house is architecturally significant as an excellent example of early 19th-century log house construction in north Georgia. Important architectural characteristics include massive hewn logs, square notching, and weaterboard siding, rather than chinking. Listed on April 18, 1997, the nomination was sponsored by the owners.
Exterior details on the Strachan House Garage include broad eaves with Craftsman-style brackets and exposed rafter ends, chamferedposts and beams, and wood shutters. The Strachan House Garage is a combination automobile garage and residence, built c. 1925 by Brunswick millionaire Frank Strachan. The garage is the sole remaining historic structure from the former Strachan resort h~use compound on St. Simons Island. The nomination was sponsored by the owner, a.nd it was listed on July 3, 1997.
Greene County
Early Hill Plantation, located in Greene County, is an intact antebellum plantation house with Greek Revival details. The house is also significant in the area of social/humanitarian history and ethnic heritage as the plantation home of ] oel Early,]r, one of the few documented Georgia planters who attempted the emancipation of his slaves by transportation to Liberia in West Africa in the 1830s. The nomination was sponsored by the owners, and it was listed on June 13, 1997.

Habersham County
The Ogletree Farm, located near Cornelia, in Habersham County, was listed onJuly 9,1997. The farm is an outstanding example of the early 20th-century Neoclassical Revival-style dwelling in its originally designed setting. The farm is also significant for the advanced techniques its owners used in apple orchard management. The 68-acre farm includes a two-story main house, built c. 1913-1914 and outbuildings, three of which are historic. The nomination was sponsored by the current owner.
Hart County
The Gulley/Gurley Farm, located in Hart County, includes a farmhouse built in 1909 and several agricultural outbuildings. The one and one-half story farmhouse with its wraparound front porch is an excellent example of a Georgian cottage and is typical of many rural farmhouses constructed in the first decade of the 20th century. The nomination was sponsored by the owners; it was listed on April 17, 1997.
Lamar County
Located near Barnesville in Lamar County, the Benjamin Gachet House is architecturally significant as one of the finest and most intact examples of a very early Plantation Plain house type. For many years, the house was associated with the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to the United States in 1824-1825. Research gathered while preparing the nomination indicated that Lafayette did not stop at the house as was believed. The nomination was sponsored by the owners, and it was listed on April 17, 1997.
Richmond County
The Sand Hills Historic District consists of the historic residential, commercial and community landmark buildings in an African-American neighborhood, just north of the

Summerville Historic District in Augusta. The majority of the houses were constructed between 1910 and 1940 in a variety of types and styles. Community landmark buildings include a school and several churches. Listed on July 9, 1997, the nomination was sponsored by the Sand Hills Historic District, the City of Augusta, and Historic Augusta, Inc.
Sumter County
The Ashby Street Shotgun Row Historic District, located in Americus, was listed on June 27, 1997. The district is a historic group of shotgun-type houses constructed circa 1920 for the African-American working class. Each of the three houses contains Folk Victorian stylistic elements and has a full facade porch, a metal standing seam roof, transom light over the front door, interior center chimney, and sixover-six double-hung windows. The nomination was sponsored by the City of Americus.
Thomas County
Built in 1938 in the English Vernacular style, the main house at Mill Creek Plantation features half-timbering in the gable ends.
Mill Creek Plantation, located near Thomasville, is a nearly 200-acre estate that includes a large main house, designed and built in 1938 in the English Vernacular style, and seven outbuildings and structures. In addition to being architecturally significant, Mill Creek is significant in the area of entertainment/recreation because its first owners carefully managed their woodland acreage to increase game bird populations for hunting. The nomination was sponsored by the current owner; it was listed on April 14, 1997.

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AROUND GEORGIA & BEYOND

The Old Medical College of Augusta Is Officially Dedicated as a National Historic Landmark

The Old Medical College in Augusta was designated a

National Historic Landmark in

June, 1996 (see Preservation Geor-

gia, Fall 1996). The official dedi-

cation ceremony was held this

past spring. HPD Director Mark

Edwards attended the ceremony

where he remarked, "A landmark

marks more than a historical

event or phenomenon-it marks the place where history occurred. And, this landmark is not just any old building, but a magnificent work of architecture, designed and built by a significant early American architect."
The OMC building was

HPD Director and SHPO Mark Edwards (2nd from left) attended the National Landmark dedication ceremony for the Old Medical College of Augusta, along with Cecil MKithan of the National Park Service (4th from the left) and a host 0 other local officials and representatives.

designed and built by one of the nation I s earliest trained architects, Charles

Blaney Cluskey, who was a practictioner of the "new style" Greek Revival.

NPI To Offer Seminars in Atlanta in October
The National Preservation Institute, a nonprofit organization specializing in research and professional training in the identification, management, preservation, and documentation of historic properties, archeological sites, and other cultural resources, will be offering four classes in Atlanta at the HPD offices in October:
"Accessibility & Historic Integrity," Oct. 15-16
"Photodocumentation, Oct. 17 "Federal Cultural Resource
Compliance," Oct. 22 "Traditional Cultural Places,"
Oct. 23-24 For registration information on the above classes, contact Jere Gibber at NPI at 703/765-0100.

GHS Will Offer Lecture Series on Georgia Agriculture
The Georgia Historical Society will hold its fall lecture series at Hodgson Hall, located at Whitaker and Gaston streets in Savannah, at 7 p.m. The series theme will be "Agriculture in Georgia."
"Anxious Pursuits: Georgia's Colonial Agriculture," Sept. 18
"Rice Cultivation on the GeorgiaTidewater," Oct. 23
"The Rise and Fall of King Cotton," Nov. 20
"WorkingtheWaters:Georgia's Shrimping and Oystering Industry," Dec. 11.
For registration information, call Danielle Bachant, director of public programs & publications, at 912/ 651-2125.

The GAAHPN Will host representatives of the Southeast African American Preservation Alliance at the Georgia/SE SHPO conference in Athens during the affinity group meetings on Sunday, November 2. The meeting will focus on the activities of African-American statewide efforts throughout the Southeast. For information, call Sierra Neal at 803/722-8552.

Four Georgia Properties To Receive Grants from Governor's Discretionary Fund
This summer, four communities in Georgia received grants from the Governor's Discretionary Fund to aid in the rehabilitation and preservation of significant historic properties. The properties include: St. Paul A.M.E. Church in the City of Brunswick, Glynn County, $15,000; New Corinth Baptist Church in Sumter County, $10,000; the Adairsville Railroad Depot in Bartow County, $10,000; and the Munroe-Goolsby House, headquarters of the Pilot Club of Macon, in Bibb County, $10,000.
Centennial Farm Awards
The 1997 Centennial Farm Awards luncheon will be held Friday, October 3, at 12:30 p.m. at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. Twenty-two farms will be recognized. The CunninghamColeman-Gambrell Farm near Jefferson will receive the Centennial Heritage Farm Award. Centennial Family Farm Award recipients include: the Edgar Allen Farm, Futch Farm, Hancock & Atwell Farm, Jacob McMillan Home Place, Janie's Haven, J.C. Rowan Farm, and the Jimmie & George RO,wan Farm, all in Berrien Co.; the Roberts Farm and Mullis Farm, both in Bleckley Co.; the Edward & Maryam N. Anderson Farm, Bulloch Co.; the Jimmie Newton Farm, Colquitt Co.; the Beeman C. Keen Jr. Farm, Laurens Co.; the Longview Farm, Lee Co.; the Zipperer Farm, Lowndes Co.; the Verner Farm, Morgan County; the Vinson Farm, Peach County; the Smith Plantation, Talbot Co.; the Charles H. Benton Farm, Thomas Co.; the Patton Farm, Turner Co.; the Simonton Farm, Walton Co.; and the Newsom Home Place, Washington Co.

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HPD NEWS &Nom

National Register Review Board to Meet in October
The fall quarter meeting of the Georgia National Register Review Board will be held on Friday, October 10 in Atlanta. Historic districts to be reviewed include the Buena Vista Heights Historic District in Clarke County; Parkside Historic District, Tybee Strand Historic District, and Tybee Back River Historic District, all in Chatham County; and Washington Park Historic District, in Fulton County. Individual properties to be reviewed includ the Ashby Street Car Barn, in Fulton County; the Bethseda Baptist Church, in Greene County; Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church and Cemetery in Bryan County; Dorminy-Massee House in Ben Hill County; Jones County High School in Jones County; the Tennille Woman's Club in Washington County; and Woodville Baptist Church and School in Greene County. For more information about the Review Board Meeting, call Vivian Pugh at 404/651-5177.
HPD Welcomes New Staff
Three new members have joined HPD recently, and we welcome them to our staff. Antonio Aguilar is the new rehabilitation architect in the Technical Assistance Unit. He received both a Bachelor and a Masters Degree in Architecture from Georgia Tech. Tevi Taliaferro comes to HPD as the Planning and Local Assistance Unit specialist. Tevi left A tlanta Magazine as its promotion manager to pursue a career in preservation. Marla Galloway will be the new part-time intern for the Georgia African-American Historic Preservation Network. She is a senior at Spelman College in Atlanta, majoring in history.

SFY 1998 Heritage 2000 Grants Are Announced by Governor
G overnor Zell Miller has an nounced that 23 Georgia Heritage 2000 grants, totalling $243,500 have been awarded ~ to communities throughout the state for historic preservation rehabilitation projects. This is the fourth round of awards in this new state grant program, which was begun in 1994. The matching 60/40 grants are provided through the HPD. Grant recipients are:

Atkinson County Courthouse, Pearson, $13,000 for roof replacement. The Atlanta Life Insurance Company Block, Fulton County, $22,000 for structural stabilization. Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Fulton County, $10,000 for structural stabilization. Dr. Calvin M. Baber House, Greensboro, Greene County, $12,500 for exterior stabilization. Elisha Winn House, Dacula, Gwinnett County, $10,000 for foundation and gutter repair. Bowden Methodist Protestant Church, Carroll County, $6,500 for exterior rehabilitation. Monument to General Casimir Pulaski, Savannah, Chatham County, $10,000 for restoration. Emanuel County Courthouse, Swainsboro, $15,000 for window rehabilitation. First Methodist Episcopal Church, Stillmore, Emanuel County, $8,000 for stained glass window repair. Francis Goulding House, Lexington, Oglethorpe County, $9,000 for exterior rehabilitation. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, August, Richmond County, $10,000 for handicap accessibility project. Roselawn, Cartersville, Bartow County, $10,000 for masonry repair. Eastanolle Auditorium, Toccoa, Stephens County, $9,000 for masonry and wood repair/window rehabilitation. Mauldin House, Clarkesville,

The Pridgett House in Columbus, former home 0 blues singer "Ma Rainey," received a Heritage 2000 grant for electrical rewiring.
Habersham County, $10,000 for exterior stabilization. Candler County Courthouse, Metter, $10,000 for roof replacement. Gertrude "Ma Rainey" Pridgett House, Columbus, Muscogee County, $7,000 for electrical rewirmg. Lilly School House, Lilly, Dooly County, $18,000 for roof replacement. New Corinth Baptist Church, Americus, Sumter County, $7,000 for roof repair. Old Marion County Courthouse, Buena Vista, Marion County, $7,500 for roof repair and foundation stabilization. Pelham Carnegie Library, Mitchell County, $10,000 for masonry and wood repairs/window rehabilitation. St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church, Thomasville, Thomas County, $4,000 for electrical rewiring. Western and Atlantic Railroad Tunnel, Whitfield County, $10,000 for drainage repair. Wesleyan Methodist Tabernacle and Campground, Ashburn, Turner County, $15,000 for structural stabilization.

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r-.. PRESERVATION
uEORGIA
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Department of Natural Resources. Mark R. Edwards Director and
State Historic Preservation Officer Carole M. Moore Editor
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'ederal funds from the Narional Park Service, .. !Department of the Interior, through the HiSloric
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~nd opinions do not necessarily reflect the views lor policies of the Deparrmenr of the Inlerior, nor ~oes (he mention of trade names, commercial DTOduClS or consultanu consrirure an endorse~ ~ent by these agencies. This program receives ederal financial assiSlance for identification and
rOlection of hiSloric properties. The U.S. De artmenl of (he Interior prohibits discrimination n the basis of race, color, national origin, age, ender, or disability in ilS federally asssiSled rograms. If you believe you have been discrimi~ated against in any program, activity, or facility s described above, or if you desire further infor~arion, contact:
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America's 5 & 10 Cent Stores: The Kress Legacy by Bernice L. Thomas presents the story of the S. H. Kress Company and its more than 200 variety stores built between 1900 and 1950 on main streets throughout the United States. Kress's "signature storefronts" established an identity for the company while distinguishing them from other 5 & 10 cent stores. The company maintained a staff of over 100 architects and draftsmen that designed buildings in early 20th-century revival styles and the later Art Deco and Streamline Moderne idioms. These stores were often considered works of art and have since become fixtures in the urban landscape, Dr. Thomas, a native of Georgia, provides a solid history of the Kress Company and carefully traces the development of its architectural program. Historic photos, advertisements, and postcard views, architectural drawings, and color plates illustrate the exterior facades and interior displays of Kress merchandise and remind us that not so long ago shopping meant main street rather than the mall. (Paper, 196 pp., $21.95, The Preservation Press/John Wiley & Sons, New York City.)
Steven Molfson HPD Architectural Historian

CALENDAR

September

1

Holiday-Labor Day

4

HPD Staff Meeting

5-6 Vern. Ga. Mtg.lDalton

8-10 Ga. Tourism Conference/

Savannah

18-19 DNR Board Meeting/

Gainesville

27

Civil War Comm. Meeting

October

2 2-4 3-4
10
13 15-17 15-18
22-24 28-29

HPD Staff Meeting SESAH Meeting/Atlanta Georgia Trust Ramble/ Newnan National Register Review Board Meeting/Atlanta Holiday-Columbus Day NPl Seminars/Atlanta National Trust Annual Meeting/Santa Fe NPl Seminars/Atlanta DNR Board Meeting/TBA

November

2-5
7
8-10
11 13 27-28

Preservation Conference/ Athens Georgia Trust PreservatiOI Ball/Atlanta Southeastern Archeologica Conference/Baton Rouge Holiday/Veteran's Day HPD Staff Meeting Holiday/Thanksgiving

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