James Palmer writes: This store…was owned and operated by Mr. H.M. Powell. He closed it in the 1970’s after being robbed and beaten. Mr. Powell was an old bachelor who died in 1999 at the age of 95. Knew him personally.
This monument, placed as a centennial remembrance by the Roanoke Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the WPA in 1936, commemorates the bloodiest engagement of the largely forgotten Creek War of 1836. The main text reads: On this site was fought the Battle of Shepherd’s Plantation between Creek Indians and pioneer settlers aided by volunteer soldiers stationed at Forts Ingersol Jones and McCreary under Major Henry W. Jernigan and Captain Hamilton Garmany. A second tablet lists the four Stewart Countians killed in the battle: Captain Robert Billups; Jared Irwin*; David Delk; and —-Hunter. *-[Jared Irwin was the nephew of Governor Jared Irwin].
I believe commemorations of victories and massacres against Native Americans should tell the whole story about their removal but I believe they’re important as geographical markers and should invite broader study.
T. F. Lockwood, Jr.’s design for the fifth courthouse to be built in Stewart County, is one of his nicest designs, in my opinion. The pediment features a colorful cornucopia, unique among Georgia’s courthouses.
National Register of Historic Places
The old Lumpkin High School stands on the site of the Masonic Female Academy, which was built in 1852. After it burned in 1880, a coeducational school was built here. This structure, however, is of early 20th-century construction.
This is the authentically restored soda fountain inside Dr. Hatchett’s Drugstore Museum.
Lumpkin Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This venerable structure, along with an old kitchen, are located in the back yard of the Bedingfield Inn. Thanks to Carly Elisabeth Kleinschmit for the identification. Cornelius Lynch was her great-great-great-great grandfather.
These historic commercial structures are located on Broad Street, in front of the courthouse.
Lumpkin Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Uptown Lumpkin Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places