- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Helen
- Creator:
- Sanders, Darby Carl
Stormtrooper WB - Date of Original:
- 2007
- Subject:
- Buildings--Georgia--Helen
Storefronts--Georgia--Helen
Commercial buildings--Georgia--Helen
Benches--Georgia--Helen
Pedestrian areas--Georgia--Helen
Gazebos--Georgia--Helen
Architecture, German--Georgia--Helen
Stores, Retail--Georgia--Helen
Helen (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, White County, Helen, 34.70148, -83.73157
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Helen, founded in 1911, was a thriving lumber-mill and mining town until the Gainesville and Northwestern Railroad shut down in the early 1930s. In 1969 the town was revitalized by local business owners, who created a tourist destination by converting Helen into a Bavarian-style village.
Photograph of shops in Helen, Georgia. The Bavarian-style shops are painted with colorful trim, and the red roofs vary in height and pitch.
In the late 1960s Helen was transformed into a Bavarian village of shops and restaurants. The town is now the third most popular tourist destination in Georgia after Atlanta and Savannah. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/white-county/m-4848/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/by_wb/2494372908/in/photolist-4Nqjas-4Nm7HK
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia
Stormtrooper WB, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Photograph by Stormtrooper WB - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/white-county
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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