“IF THE COLONEL HAD OUR RECIPE, HE WOULD BE A GENERAL!”
The sign was altered by 2013 and I believe the name of the business has also changed.
Quik Chik, Alma
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Category Archives: Alma GA
Bacon County Courthouse, 1919, Alma
Upon the formation of Bacon County in 1914, the Rabinowitz Building served as the courthouse until this one was completed in 1919. J. J. Baldwin was the architect and R. W. Wimbish was the builder.
National Register of Historic Places
Lee’s Drugs Rexall Sign, Alma
Now known as Alma Discount Pharmacy, this location was home to Lee’s Drugs for many years.
Bacon Theatre, 1946, Alma
The City of Alma owns the recently renovated Bacon Theatre. It’s a performance space and shows movies on weekends. It was established by Nathan Cohen, C. D. Greenway, J. J. Jones, A. P. Meeks, Sr., and Floyd Ramsey. Laurinda Murphy Norris shared this memory: I know that it was a theater when I was a kid in the late 50s/early 60s. Obviously, the flat top space was addition. Julian Rigby ran the theater when I was young. I remember seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey, Posiedoen Adventure, and Love Story, among others there as a teen. When I was young, if you were under 12 you got in for a cheaper price of 50 cents. I could get popcorn, a drink, and movie admission for a dollar. When I was really young, they sent a cardstock calendar out each month with the movies which would be playing. Often the paper was colored. Teachers would get the unused calendars and use the back for art paper for students. My mother was a teacher and I still have a picture I drew on the back of a theater calendar when I was a preschooler. I haven’t been since the restoration, but am glad it was done.
Rabinowitz Building, 1915, Alma
Jewish immigrant William Rabinowitz (1873-1935) constructed this landmark along with a garage and house to the rear of the property. Those structures are no longer standing. The glazed green and white bricks on the facade of this were a specialty of local builder Manning Sullivan and represent a significant example of artisan brickwork not often seen in small rural towns, at least in my experience. There was space for two businesses downstairs and one large space upstairs. Rabinowitz operated a dry goods store in one half of the downstairs, but more significantly the upstairs space served as the de facto Bacon County Courthouse from its construction until a permanent courthouse was completed in 1920. Bacon County had only been created in 1914. After Mr. Rabinowitz moved to Atlanta in 1924 the building had numerous subsequent tenants, including a church, theatre, dentist’s office, furniture store, and garment factory. Today, it’s’ the home of the Alma Telephone Company.
National Register of Historic Places