Tag Archives: National Register of Historic Places

Jenkins School, 1934, Vienna

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The Vienna School, as it was known upon construction, was the comprehensive education facility for the city’s white population. An early project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), it was built in the English Vernacular Revival style, to replace an earlier two-story wooden school on the site. Bert Gregory notes that his grandmother, Marywood Gregory, was up early nursing her son Alton on Christmas morning when she saw the old school on fire. She woke up the others in the house and they called the fire department to the scene.

As is evident on the cartouche, the school was first called the Vienna School, but was later renamed the Jenkins School in honor of the superintendent who was instrumental in getting it constructed.

Vienna Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

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Vienna Industrial & High School, 1926

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This school, which served Vienna’s African-American community before desegregation, was built in part with funds provided by the Rosenwald Fund and utilized it “Six Teacher Community School Plan”. It was built by Governor George Busbee’s father, who also built the nearby Lilly School. N. B. Lavender was the first principal.

The National Register of Historic Places listing for the school is a bit confusing, as it identifies this as the County Training School, noting the vocational focus of many schools for African-Americans at the time. However, the original cornerstone for the school identifies it as the Vienna Industrial & High School. An equalization school was built adjacent to the property in 1959, and the campus included all of the earlier Rosenwald structures.

A shop building for vocational activities was built near the schoolhouse, also in 1926. A second shop building (not pictured) was built in 1959 to the right of the schoolhouse.

A food processing/canning plant was attached to the old shop building at a later date..

Members of the Class of 1945 are remembered on the steps of the old shop building, including: R. Lilly; L. Chaney; R. Chaney; A. Graham; F. Smith; L. Smith; E. Bell; B. Godwin; H. Reece; G. Fudge; O. Barnes; G. Eunice; C. Wallace; and M. Edwards.

National Register of Historic Places

Walter F. George Law Office, 1890s, Vienna

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Originally located on West Cotton Street, this structure dates to the late 19th century. It was first used as a laundry, then from 1906-1922, it was Walter F. George‘s law office. From 1922-1976, it was home to several different businesses.

It has been moved a couple of times but retains its defining characteristics.

Vienna Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Commercial Block, Hawkinsville

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This building on Commerce Street has always intrigued me, with its row of chimneys and trompe l’oeil windows and awnings. I first thought it was an old firehouse, but apparently, that was in a different location. I hope someone can help me identify it. I would date it to the early 1900s.

Hawkinsville Commercial and Industrial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Dortch Building, 1880, Hawkinsville

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According to the Hawkinsville Self-Guided Walking Tour, this structure was built for E. F. Dortch [by local draftsman E. A. Burch] and was among the first masonry buildings in the commercial district. The first floor was a grocery store from the late 1800s and served that purpose well into the 20th century. The second floor served as the Anderson Lodge No. 24 of the International Order of Odd Fellows in the 1880s and 1890s and as a Masonic Lodge in the 1900s and 1910s. In the 1960s and 1970s, the entire building was used as a Coca-Cola Bottling plant.

Hawkinsville Commercial and Industrial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Pulaski Banking Company Building, 1912, Hawkinsville

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It’s unknown who the original tenant of this exemplary Classical structure was, but in 1948 it became home to the Pulaski Banking Company. Most likely, judging by the architecture, it originated as another bank.

Hawkinsville Commercial and Industrial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

The Grill, Hawkinsville

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The Grill has been a Hawkinsville gathering place since the 1940s and it’s still one of the busiest spots in town. Their hamburgers are some of the best you’ll find in Georgia.

Hawkinsville Commercial and Industrial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Allegorical Cartouche, Hawkinsville

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This cartouche is the most prominent of several on this yellow brick storefront, which I haven’t yet identified. It’s a beautiful example.

Hawkinsville Commercial and Industrial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Bacon-Fraser House, 1839, Hinesville

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Hinesville was established in 1837 to replace Riceboro as the seat of Liberty County. Just two years later, on what was then a 23-acre tract, this Federally-influenced Plantation Plain townhouse was built by Mary Jane Hazzard Bacon, the widow of Major John Bacon of Riceboro.

The property was occupied by Union troops under the command of General William T. Sherman in 1864 and several outbuildings were burned. The house was saved by Mrs. Bacon, who displayed her husband’s Masonic apron for protection. Many more generations of the family owned the home until 2017, when it became the headquarters of the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce and the Liberty County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The beautifully landscaped yard is dominated by historic Live Oaks, some of the largest to be found in inland Liberty County.

National Register of Historic Places

Folk Victorian House, Quitman

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Quitman Historic District, National Register of Historic Places