The corner building was originally known as the Arrington Drug Company and was later occupied by the Jackson Drug Company. A historic hardware store is located beside it.
Summerville Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Arrington Drug Company, 1896, Summerville
There is much history of NW Georgia in Chattooga county in places like Summerville, Lyerly, Trion, Menlo, Cloudland and Pennville. The old neighborhood of Subligna has some great history as well as Gore, Chattoogaville and Chelsea. The great book Chattooga: the Story of a County and I’ts People by Robert S. Baker Is extremely enlightening and educational and has been re-published many times due to popular demand.. I finally got a copy last year and enjoy just perusing it whenever time allows. Also, the Chattooga county Historical Society has a wealth of information, especially on such things as the Trail of Tears, the local churches, businesses and services. and also many famous persons from the county. Although I am not originally from this area my family and I moved to Gore in 1996 and then moved to NC in 2005 where my husband passed and left me alone with no family so I remained in NC until 2013 until I moved back south almost to Georgia but am now living just five miles from the state line. Even though my mailing address is Alabama I am and always will be a Georgian and proudly claim to be living in the best part of the South here in NE Alabama/NW Georgia. Thanks loads for all the wonderful history you provide in your posts.
Thank you, Shirley. I will look for that book.
Book can be ordered fromRobert S. Baker, 10617Thrasher rd., Jonesboro GA 30238 or perhaps you can check the Summerville NEWS which is where I ordered mine. Good luck hope you get a copy.
Brian have you been to Cloudland, GA on Lookout Mountain about 15 or 20 miles west of Summerville? It was developed as a planned resort community in the 20’s with many surviving clay and lime clinked true log houses put up at that time. They range from fully restored to pretty much abandoned, but they are all interesting.
You found my hometown! The restoration of the old family house, with its oldest section dating to the late 1800s, is underway.
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