It’s amazing that most of the buildings in a town as small as Ailey are in good condition. The Peterson Companies have done the restoration and utilize the structures for various purposes.
This is one of two false-front buildings on Railroad Street. Surviving examples of this form are relatively uncommon in Georgia.
I’d appreciate some help with identifying these important resources.
This building, on the corner of Railroad and Broad Streets, is a fine example of formal commercial architecture common at the turn of the last century.
These utilitarian structures may have been related to the railroad.
The whole town should be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The buildings in Ailey you were asking about housed Georgia Furniture Company. It was a prominent retail furniture company for many years. The buildings near the railroad tracks were also used by Georgia Furniture.
The brick building facing Railroad Street was a hardware store on the right and on the left it was also part of Georgia Furniture.
The building on The corner of Railroad and Broad Street was the old Montgomery County Bank and the back park of the building on Broad was the office of Dr. Palmer.