Dawson is a great little town, with scenes like this to appeal to any history-minded visitor or photographer. If you’re ever nearby, spend an hour or so exploring their historic downtown, or any of the other small communities in Terrell County. For a great overview of the area’s historic structures, visit the Terrell County Historic Preservation Society and click on the “Driving Tour” link on the left hand side of the page:
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That’s the iconic Terrell County Courthouse on the left and the Dawson Pharmacy on the right.
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Though it’s been a hardware store for many years, this wonderful building is best known locally as the Dawson Pharmacy building. John Clark (host of GNN’s Georgia Focus and a Dawson native) relates that this was recently used as a set location in the Disney movie The Odd Life of Timothy Green. I’ll be talking with John on the upcoming Halloween edition of Georgia Focus and will keep you posted as to airtimes!
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One of just a few firehouses from this era still in use in Georgia, the Dawson firehouse also features a tornado whistle. The southwest corner of the state is sometimes referred to as Georgia’s “Tornado Alley”.
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This Greek Revival landmark is presently being restored. Other families who have owned it throughout its history: Mercer, Norton, Brennan, and Goodwin.
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Though the official list of Georgia Carnegie libraries list its date of construction as 1913, I think that was just when the funding process was initiated. It was completed in 1914 at a cost of $10,000. It served the community as a library until 1999 and after undergoing a renovation in the late 1990s it became the headquarters of the Terrell County Historic Preservation Society.
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