This began as a simple Georgian cottage and may be earlier than noted. Thomas Allison, an early Lavonia mayor and bank president, was the first owner. The Victorian posts were added in the late 19th century.
Vickery Street Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Dr. A. G. Jones came to Lavonia in 1887 and built this house soon thereafter. It was the first house built on this section of Jones Street.
Jones Street Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Jones Street Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
The Lavonia Methodist-Episcopal Church was organized between 1878-1880. It first met in the Joe Vickery Store until building its first permanent home a few years later. A second church was built in 1907 and replaced by the present structure in 1948. Roy E. Hitchcock, who collaborated on numerous facilities at the University of Georgia, was the architect.
This historic home has been known as the Southern Oaks Inn in recent years.
Jones Street Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
West Avenue-Roberts Street Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
West Avenue-Roberts Street Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This home was built by Will Edgar Stevenson as a wedding gift for his daughter, Josephine Stevenson Cheek. Mr. Stevenson was a local builder and owned a home and brickyard across the street, which provided the bricks used in the construction of this house. Subsequent owners were Morgan Williams, Sr., and Dr. Archie Rushton.
National Register of Historic Places
In March 1909, the Lavonia Woman’s Club sought funding from Andrew Carnegie and the approval of a town council for the construction of a library. Carnegie pledged $5000 for the construction and the council promised $500 per year for the purchase of books and upkeep for ten years. petitioned Mr. Andrew Carnegie and the town council for the erection of a building to house what would eventually become known as a library. Mr. Carnegie granted $5,000 for erection of a building with the council providing $500 a year for ten years for books and upkeep. The facility, now part of the Athens Regional Library, still serves the city.
For many years, the architect of the library wasn’t known, but according to a document entitled “Georgia’s Existing Carnegie Libraries”, John Garland Longstreet (1849-1918), the son of Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet, was responsible for the design. This was apparently unknown to those who compiled the nomination of the structure to the National Register of Historic Places. It’s one of the most architecturally impressive Carnegie libraries surviving in Georgia.
National Register of Historic Places