This was identified as the “Old Homer Baptist Church” in the nomination forms for designation of the Homer Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. It has subsequently served other congregations, the Alliance Church being the most recent I could find.
Homer Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
David (no last name given) writes that this is the old Parson Grocery, owned by Ervin and Minnie Parson.
This central hallway farmhouse has been expanded over time. A smokehouse (or packhouse) remains on the property.
Susan Cooley writes, in part: We have inherited the building… My family has always called the building the “post office”. There is a very ornate vault. The store front has been so many things in my life time, from an old VHS rental store to a flower shop. I married a handy man, Brian McClain ( I still carry my beloved maiden name) who has been busy renovating the properties. He has worked diligently, hanging off a ladder with buckets of mortar and patting it into the old bricks to preserve and weather proof the building, without too much modernizing. We are very committed to historical relevance…
Jenn Cochran’s comments also suggest it may have been a bank, though it’s likely a safe would have been present in a post office.
Maysville Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Maysville Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
The corner building was originally the Atkins National Bank. Cari Morningstar writes: I believe the red brick, two-story building, adjacent to the bank building, was originally a hospital. Later, Aaron and Mozelle (Wilson) Hill operated a grocery store in the ground floor space. They lived in the space over the grocery store.
Maysville Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This congregation was organized in 1881 and for almost a decade they met in private homes, and the old Maysville school building. This lot was purchased in 1890 and the church built soon thereafter. Like most other Methodist congregations in Georgia, Maysville was later affiliated with the United Methodist Church; after outgrowing this structure, the congregation relocated to a newer structure.
Maysville Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Maysville Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Maysville Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Vanishing Georgia: Photographs by Brian Brown 