Begun in 1871, Clay County’s vernacular courthouse is the oldest in the Pataula Judicial Circuit and one of the oldest in South Georgia.
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Coca-Cola Mural, Fort Gaines
Restored several years ago, this early 1900s mural adorns the side of the Sutton’s Corner Museum. Please visit their website for more information.
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Volunteers’ Memorial, Fort Gaines
Placed by the Fort Gaines Historical Society in 2010, the plaque on this boulder bears the inscription:
A Tribute to the Unpaid Volunteers of the Small Villages of Small Town Georgia Who Offer Their Time, Money and Energy For the Betterment of Their Part of Heaven Called Home – In Memory of Volunteer Fire Chief George M. Coleman by Progeny Geo. M. Coleman, Coleman’s Opera House
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Wayside Inn, Fort Gaines
This served as a temporary Confederate hospital in1863. I would estimate its construction to the mid 1840s-1860 era.
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Brown House, Circa 1830, Fort Gaines
This has served as a private residence and a hotel during its long history. The “doorway to nowhere” and porthole-like windows on the frieze are quite unusual.
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