Category Archives: Greensboro GA

Greensboro Post Office, 1936

This New Deal Post Office is still in use and features murals by artist Carson Davenport (1908-1972).  Davenport served as director of the WPA Art School & Gallery in Big Stone Gap, Virginia and was Chairman of the Art Department at Averett College from 1943-1969.

“The Burning of Greensborough” (Detail)

“Cotton Picking in Georgia” (Detail)

“Cotton Picking in Georgia” (Detail)

Greensboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

 

Craftsman Cottage, Greensboro

Greensboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Greek Revival Cottage, Greensboro

Though decidedly Greek Revival in form, this wonderful cottage features Georgian-influenced quoins on the corners and porch posts.

Greensboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Goodwin Manor, 1908, Greensboro

This home has been in the Goodwin family for over 100 years and now serves as a bed and breakfast and event space. It sits among two acres of pecan trees.

Greensboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

First Baptist Church, 1904, Greensboro

Greensboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

 

Greene County Courthouse, 1848, Greensboro

Considered by many to be one of Georgia’s finest public examples of Greek Revival architecture, the present courthouse in Greensboro was built by Atharates Atkinson after a design by David Demarest. The upper floor was designed specifically to house the local Masonic Lodge, which it still does today.

National Register of Historic Places