Frank Pulaski was a Jewish merchant who came South to escape the racism of the Know-Nothing party. He commissioned William H. Parkins, Georgia’s most important architect of the early post-Civil War period, to build this elaborate Gothic Revival cottage. Parkins was also the designer of the Randolph County Courthouse and Old Main at Andrew College.
Cuthbert Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This Queen Anne-style courthouse was designed by the Altanta architectural firm of Kimball, Wheeler & Parkins. Since being designated as a “Place in Peril” by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, it has undergone extensive restoration.
Cuthbert Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Andrew College, originally known as Andrew Female College, was the second college in America to grant degrees to women, beginning in 1854. It operated as a four-year women’s college until 1917, when it became a two-year school. In 1956, it became coeducational. During the Civil War, classes ceased and the school was used as a Confederate hospital. In 1892, Andrew’s structures burned to the ground but thanks to fundraising by the community, Old Main, the building most identified with the school today, was built that same year.
Cuthbert Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Built in 1892 by William H. Parkins, the Terrell County Courthouse is considered a significant example of High Victorian public architecture in Georgia. It’s also one of the tallest rural courthouses in Georgia. Parkins was the most important practicing architect in Georgia from just after the Civil War until his retirement in the late 1880s.
National Register of Historic Places