This amazing survivor likely won’t be around much longer.
Sam Engram’s Store, Zetto
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Category Archives: –CLAY COUNTY GA–
Clay County Courthouse, 1873, Fort Gaines
Begun in 1871, Clay County’s vernacular Greek Revival courthouse is the oldest in the Pataula Judicial Circuit and one of the oldest in South Georgia.
Mary Louis Hobbs Engelhart writes: This picture always reminds me of my Daddy and Grandfather. Both were Sheriff’s of Clay Co. and even tho’ the jail is behind the Court House, their offices were always in the Court House rather than the jail. Each time I go “home” , I feel I have to at least drive by and say ‘Hi’… In fact, my brother was born in the jail and loved telling all his friends, that he was “Born in the Clay Co. jail”
Tina Haywood Battle recalls: I am an attorney with Georgia Legal Services Program and I still remember my first visit to court there from Albany. I did not readily identify this building as the courthouse. I had to go next door at the convenience store to ask. It reminds me of an warm old house where I would not mind living.
National Register of Historic Places
Mobley Hardware, Fort Gaines
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Coca-Cola Mural, Fort Gaines
Restored several years ago, this early 1900s mural adorns the side of the Fort Gaines Museum [formerly the Sutton’s Corner Museum]. It contains a recovered 1840s frontier store and a mind-boggling collection of rural artifacts.
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Coleman Opera House, 1880, Fort Gaines
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Wayside Inn, Circa 1850s, Fort Gaines
This served as a temporary Confederate hospital in 1863. I believe it was built in the 1850s.
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Cook-Dobbins House, Circa 1819, Fort Gaines
Jerry Emery, who is the new owner of this Fort Gaines landmark, is doing extensive restoration work. It was previously and incorrectly identified as the Brown House, but Jerry writes: I’m not sure where this name came from. It was built by the Cook family and had a long history with the Dobbins as well.
As the Dobbins House, it was one of two hotels in Fort Gaines and the only one from that era still surviving.
Fort Gaines Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Taylor’s Store, Clay County
James Palmer writes: This was Taylor’s Store located on Highway 39 near the Clay/Quitman County line. It is owned and was operated by the Taylor family who still farm the adjacent land. The store was closed in the early 1960’s…
Wynette & Tommy’s Restaurant, Clay County
This place doesn’t look so special, but it was a well-loved landmark in Clay County for many years. Iris Thomas notes that it was first owned by Lindy Bryan, then it was known as Tommy & Lindy’s. Todd Simpson writes: This place was officially “Tommy’s” but everyone called it the “Fish Camp”. Lou Hobbs Engelhart recalls: Good food, good fellowship and good memories have been had at Tommy’s. We all miss another specialty … ‘Miss’ Wynette.
Tommy’s Grocery, Clay County
Besides being a Bay station, this grocery/convenience store sold bait and tackle and rented cabins.