Lavonia Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Commercial Block, Lavonia
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Commercial Block, Lavonia
Lavonia Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Bank of Lavonia Building, 1920
Lavonia Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Vickery Bank Building, 1904, Lavonia
Lavonia has some wonderful historic commercial structures and this might be the nicest of the bunch.
Lavonia Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Southern Railway Depot, 1912, Lavonia
A restoration in the 1970s essentially “modernized” the interior of the Lavonia Depot, dropping ceilings and obscuring important structural details. An historically accurate second restoration, completed in 2012, returned the depot to its rightful place as the anchor of the historic downtown. It now houses a welcome center and offices.
Lavonia Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Carroll’s Methodist Church, Circa 1835, Franklin County
William Carroll established this congregation in 1797. The present structure was built around 1835 and remodeled in 1952. Bishop Francis Asbury preached at the location on 21 November 1799. The entry from his diary reads: We drove 16 miles to Carroll’s Meeting House, a new log cabin in the woods. Some of the people of the congregation are from the east and west parts of Maryland. I felt the Lord was with them. We have the kitchen, house, and chamber all in one and no closet but the woods…
An early cemetery adjoins the property and many unknown graves are marked with crosses.
Cromer’s Mill Covered Bridge, 1907, Franklin County
The Cromer family operated a woolen mill on Nails Creek from 1845 until the Civil War. After the war, a cotton gin, flour mill and saw mill were located here. They had all ceased operation by 1943.
The bridge, also known as Nails Creek Covered Bridge, was built in the Town lattice design by James M. Hunt in 1907. The span is 110 feet.
National Register of Historic Places
Grocery & Filling Station, Sandy Cross
Queen Anne Farmhouse, Sandy Cross
Though the replacement porch has slightly altered the appearance of this house, it was built in the Queen Anne style so common in rural Georgia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
General Store, Sandy Cross
This country grocery/general store was most recently known as Betty’s Place. When looking for Sandy Cross on a map, you might be surprised that there are several crossroads with this name in Northeast Georgia alone.