The history I’ve located on this house so far comes from a current realtor listing. The house is critically endangered and presently listed for sale. Featuring hand-carved Ionic capitals, the house is thought to have been the first headquarters for the United States Marshal Service in Central Georgia and a temporary hospital in the Civil War. It obviously served as a residence thereafter.
Eatonton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
From the Eatonton First United Methodist Church website: Methodism has been a driving influence in Putnam County for over 200 years. Although the earliest days of organized church history in the town of Eatonton will probably forever remain a mystery, we do know that a small group of faithful servants of Christ were active in what was known as the Sabbath in 1820. The community built its first church, old Union Church, in 1819. For the next 39 years, the building was shared by the Methodists, Baptists, Christian and Presbyterian congregations, as well as the Masons. The Methodist church began taking “subscription pledges” in 1855 to construct a building of their own. By the year 1857, a lot was purchased on North Madison Avenue for the establishment of the First United Methodist Church of Eatonton. Later that year, with the appointment of a pastor and the construction of the original church, a beautiful Greek revival “temple form” building, the First United Methodist Church of Eatonton became a reality. The church was dedicated in March of 1858 and cost about $7,600. In the years following, electric lights and stained glass windows were added. Classrooms were assembled in the basement as the church and community continued to grow.
In 1979, disaster struck when an arsonist burned the original sanctuary. Despite this unfortunate act, the congregation rallied. The sanctuary was rebuilt and reopened in 1981 on Easter Sunday. This is the Historic Sanctuary that you see off Madison Avenue today, sitting on the same lot as the original.
Eatonton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This house is thought to have been built by Lewis P. Harwell for William Thomas, who left Eatonton for Alabama in 1838. The family of Dr. Reuben Nisbet of Macon owned the house for over sixty years. Since the death of Mrs. Taliafero [its last private owner] in 1952, it has served as the parsonage for the Methodist church.
Eatonton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Also known by the names of other owners (Reid-Green-Edison-Lawrence House), this landmark of the Greek Revival style is one of Eatonton’s most impressive homes, especially in its setting at the end of Wayne Street. Legend holds that Alexander Sidney Reid spent ten years gathering materials and three years building it.
Eatonton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Eatonton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Keith Rowell writes: …This is the Ezell House built in 1887 by Evan B. Ezell. Well into “reconstruction” 20 years after the civil war, Victorian styles (from the north) were replacing Greek Revival. The house is all heart pine and has a high Victorian interior with a grand “Eastlake” stair case. It showcases the transition from hand-carved craftsmanship to machine made parts of the industrial age…
Eatonton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Eatonton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Also known as the Branham-Imperial Mill House, this structure began life as a simple Piedmont Plain and various modifications have transformed it into the present Greek Revival form. Much of that transformation was accomplished by Imperial Mill in 1927-28, when it became the residence of its superintendents.
Eatonton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This property is also known as Rosewood. It was completely transformed from Queen Anne to its present appearance in 1898.
Eatonton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Eatonton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places