Hip-Roof House, Hawkinsville
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Brinson House, 1905, Hawkinsville
Now a public event space known as The Columns of Georgia, this was built by Dooly County entrepreneur Tillet Bridges. It is best known locally as the Brinson House, for the family who resided here from the 1940s until the 1990s.
George Glover House, 1880, Hawkinsville
George Glover was a Confederate officer, but I’ve been unable to locate further information at this time.
Will Jelks House, 1895, Hawkinsville
When built, this was considered the most modern house in Hawkinsville.
Way House, 1895, Hawkinsville
Built by J. L. Huggins for Sam and Mary Amanda Way, this is one of several outstanding Victorians in Hawkinsville’s residential historic district. Sam Way served as mayor of Hawkinsville and later as a Georgia State Representative.
Midway Baptist Church, Circa 1921, Pulaski County
Midway Baptist can trace its origins to one of the oldest congregations in Pulaski County. Originally part of the Old Adam Meeting House in the long-vanished Lampkin community, Midway was formed around 1838 as the result of a split among church members. Upon finally moving into their first permanent church home in 1857, which was located about halfway between Old Limestone Church on Chicken Road and the old Daniels Church on Lower River Road, they named it Midway. By the 1890s the old Midway congregation had outgrown the meeting house and built a new church, which they called New Midway, in 1894. It was destroyed by a tornado in 1915 and construction on the present church began. Work was delayed by World War I and completed three years later, circa 1921.
Queen Anne Farmhouse, Pulaski County
This beautiful house is hard to miss passing through the countryside of western Pulaski County.
Opera House, 1907, Hawkinsville
Noted Macon architect W. R. Gunn guaranteed and delivered the best acoustics available in his 1907 design for Hawkinsville’s opera house. Hosting many traveling productions and even celebrities like Oliver Hardy in its heyday, the facility’s uses changed over time. It fell into decline by the 1970s, but thanks to a group of citizens who understood its value to the city, it was saved from demolition in 1977. Today, it again serves as a theatre and auditorium and hosts first run movies, musicians and a variety cultural events.
National Register of Historic Places
First Methodist Church, 1951, Hawkinsville
This congregation dates to the late 1820s and by 1832 they built their first church. A new church was built at the present location in 1857. To meet the needs of a growing congregation, a newer church was built in 1895; it served until the construction of the present church, seen here.
Colonial Revival Cottage, Hawkinsville
