This row of historic commercial storefronts is known as Old Waynesboro.
Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Historic Storefronts, Waynesboro
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Burke County Courthouse, 1857, Waynesboro
Burke County’s historic antebellum courthouse is actually the fourth to serve the county. A log cabin built in 1773 first served this purpose, followed by a wooden courthouse built in 1777. After it burned in 1825, temporary facilities were used until a third courthouse was built in 1856. It burned soon thereafter and was replaced by this structure in 1857. Expansions in 1899 by architect L. F. Goodrich gave the courthouse its present appearance. To accommodate population growth, an annex (pictured below) was completed by the Public Works Administration in 1940.
Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Liberty Street Storefronts, Waynesboro
Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Automotive Storefronts, Waynesboro
Rob White writes: The white building just visible on the left side of the photo was once Chance & Hopkins Chevrolet. The “ghost’ of the lettering is still visible on one of the showroom windows. On the right end was a filling station that operated as a gas station until some point in the late 80’s and into the 90’s.
Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Anthony Wayne Hotel, 1925, Waynesboro
Originally built as the Arlington Hotel in the 1880s, The Anthony Wayne Hotel reopened after an extensive remodel in 1925. It has served as a landmark of downtown Waynesboro ever since, and today houses various businesses.
Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Melrose Hotel, 1905, Waynesboro
This is one of the nicest works of commercial architecture in Waynesboro, in my opinion.
Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Haven Methodist Episcopal Church, 1891, Waynesboro
Burke County freedmen organized Haven Academy in 1868 and after operating the school and church in a more utilitarian structure for 20 years, laid the cornerstone for this structure in 1888.
The church was completed and held its first services in 1891. It was originally known as Haven Memorial. Reverend James Jackson was the pastor at the time and Reverend John Watts and A. H. Williams were instrumental in getting the church built. It’s an important example of early formal architecture in the Georgia African-American community.
Despite the positive attention brought to it by a National Register designation in 1996, it remains highly endangered.
UPDATE: At 2:00 yesterday (16 September 2017) Sarah Barber sent me a message that this church was on fire. Rob White confirms: This Waynesboro icon burned and was completely destroyed on September 16, 2017. There are now only 2 sites in Waynesboro on the National Historic Register. I was very concerned about the future of this structure the last time I saw it and now the worst possible end has come to it. The Augusta Chronicle reports that it was a case of arson.
Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Waynesboro Grocery Company, 1898
This wholesale grocery building, a contributing structure to the historic district, is in real danger of being lost if not stabilized.
Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places