The old Camden Hotel was renovated for use as the City Hall in 1993.
Kingsland Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Camden Hotel, 1935, Kingsland
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Yearly Archives: 2012
Seaboard Air Line Depot, 1916, Kingsland
Recently moved and restored through grants from the Georgia Department of Transportation and the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the Kingsland Depot now serves as the downtown welcome center. It’s so nice to see small communities restoring these icons of the railroad era and understanding the impact they have on tourism.
Kingston Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
International Style Commercial Block, Circa 1940, Kingsland
Kingsland Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Prince House, Circa 1900, Kingsland
I believe A. H. Prince was the first owner of this Kingsland landmark, also known as the Prince-Fleming House.
Kingsland Clinical Laboratory
This seems to be where it all began, in 1949. When blood tests were required for marriage licenses, Kingsland saw an opportunity. Make it easy to get a blood test and a license and reap the revenue. It was a good idea and it led to Kingsland’s distinction as the “Marriage Capital of the South”. Georgia hasn’t required blood tests for licenses since 2003, so the old sign is just a nice reminder of what helped put Kingsland on the map.
Kingsland Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
The Original Kingsland Wedding Chapel
I believe this was the first one-stop wedding business in Kingsland, opened some time in the early 1960s.
Kingsland Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Heritage Gardens Gazebo, Kingsland
Heritage Gardens, where this gazebo is located, was the brainchild of florist Pauline Butler, who saw opportunity in the hordes of Floridians who come to Kingsland to circumvent their state’s more complicated marriage laws. In 2005 she told Florida Times-Union columnist Roger Bull a great story of an 81-year-old groom and 75-year-old bride from Melbourne who came up to avoid their wedding announcement being published in their local paper. “They didn’t want anyone to know,” she stated. The gazebo is modeled after Rome’s Pantheon…the Latin on the frieze reads: M. Agrippa L. F. Cos. Tertium.Fecit (trans. Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, in his third consulate, made it)
Neoclassical House, Fitzgerald
This was the most eclectic of the surviving Neoclassical houses in Fitzgerald until it was razed in early 2016.
South Main Street-South Lee Street Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Paulk House, 1915, Fitzgerald
This was the longtime home of Milton Lane “Mickey” (1922-1998) and Madge Harper Paulk (1923-1993). Mickey was the owner of Paulk Funeral Home.
South Main Street-South Lee Street Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Melton House, 1910, Fitzgerald
This eclectic Prairie Style house is one of my favorites in Fitzgerald. It was the home of Joe and Edna Melton for many years.
South Main Street-South Lee Street Historic District, National Register of Historic Places