These are some of my favorite window signs in Georgia. They’re quite clever!
Greensboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Greensboro Herald-Journal Window Signs
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The Sparta Ishmaelite
R. H. Lewis began publishing the Sparta Ishmaelite and Times & Planter in 1883. Since 1899, the newspaper has simply been known as the Sparta Ishmaelite and became a weekly in 1916.
Sparta Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
William Stewart House, Fitzgerald
Jan Gelders writes: This house was built by William Stewart, father of Maud Stewart Gelders, in 1904. The Gelders house is on W. Central Avenue across from The Massee Bed and Breakfast and was built by William Stewart as a wedding gift to Maud and Isidor Gelders in 1898. Maud Gelders was the first teacher in the colony, in addition to writing the History of Fitzgerald along with many other accomplishments in the field of journalism, as co-editor with her husband Isidor in the Fitzgerald Leader Newspaper, the original descendant to the first colony newspaper.
Lane Building, Millen
Constructed by John Edenfield in the early 1900s and now known as the Lane Building, this was known for a time as the Wayside Hotel [perhaps its original use] and during the 1930s was the plant for the Millen News.
Downtown Millen Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
People’s Bank, 1905, Richland
The largest building in the photograph, the People’s Bank of Richland, is now home to the equally historic Stewart-Webster Journal.
Richland Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Ledger-Enquirer Building, 1931, Columbus
The Columbus architectural firm of Smith & Biggers designed this Mediterranean-style landmark for the R. W. Page Company, which controlled the city’s two leading dailies, The Columbus Enquirer and The Columbus Ledger. The building is presently being expanded and will be the future home of Columbus State University’s College of Education and Health Professions.
National Register of Historic Places
The Montgomery Monitor, Mount Vernon
The Montgomery Monitor, the official organ of Montgomery County, was established by D. C. Sutton and has been published, in one form or another, since 1886. H. B. Folsom was a longtime owner and editor. The Coca-Cola mural was restored in the 2000s.
Georgia Post Building, 1928, Knoxville
The Georgia Post served as the newspaper of record for Knoxville and Roberta, as well as all of Crawford County. Crawford B. H. Moncrief (1889-1950) published the first issue from his home on 1 January 1922 and continued to publish it from there until the construction of this office in 1928. The paper has changed ownership over the years but is still in production (from a different location). It’s an excellent intact example of a small-town newspaper office.
National Register of Historic Places