Named for a mountain in Scotland, Morven is the oldest community in Brooks County. Though the post office wasn’t designated as Morven until 1853, pioneer settlers had already established a store and post office in the nearby settlement of Mount Zion as early as 1826.
Filed under --BROOKS COUNTY GA--, Morven GA
I believe this building also housed a general store at one time.
Filed under --BROOKS COUNTY GA--, Morven GA
Formerly known as the Agrirama, the Georgia Museum of Agriculture has been given a renewed sense of purpose by the folks at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC). If you’ve never been, or if you just haven’t been in a while, please stop by when you’re in Tifton. It’s definitely time well spent.
Abba Lodge No. 550 F. & A. M. (Original Location: Abba, Irwin County)
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Victorian Doctor’s Office
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Henry Harding Tift House, 1887 (Mr. Tift was the namesake of Tifton & Tift County)
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Wiregrass Feed & Seed, Georgia Museum of Agriculture
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Montezuma AB &A Depot, 1905 (Original Location: Montezuma, Macon County)
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Vulcan Iron Works Steam Locomotive
This is the only regularly operated steam engine in Georgia, though it usually only runs on weekends.
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Sandhill School, Circa 1895 (Original Location: Near Ty Ty, Georgia)
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Wesley Chapel, 1882 (Original Location: Acree, Dougherty County)
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Children’s Bedroom, Benjamin Cravey House, 1877 (Original Location: Inaha, Turner County)
If you love the story of life in the rural South as much as I do, you’ll love the Georgia Museum of Agriculture. Professionals and volunteers at this venerable living history museum do a wonderful job of interpreting the era so fundamental to the development of South Georgia as we know it today. Just make sure you visit their website for rates and schedules. The train generally runs on weekends and is always a favorite with young visitors, and the young at heart.
Filed under --TIFT COUNTY GA--, Tifton GA
The building in the middle is the Fort Valley Masonic Lodge #110, F. & A. M.
Filed under --PEACH COUNTY GA--, Fort Valley GA
F. & A. M. – No. 250
Small town lodges are increasingly rare today. This one was likely built around the turn of the last century.
Filed under --LEE COUNTY GA--, Smithville GA
The commercial heart of Metter, Broad Street is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The largest building in this image, on the right, is the Metter Lodge #435, built in 1916. A nice tree-lined park serves as a centerpiece of the area, offering much-needed shade in the summer months.
Filed under --CANDLER COUNTY GA--, Metter GA
Royal Wokers Lodge F & AM PHA No. 144
Widows Son Chapter OES No. 408
Filed under --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Greenville GA
From: Willie Mae Smith, The Ocilla Star, 23 August 1973
“History tells us that the first and oldest Masonic Lodge in original Irwin County was Irwin Lodge #212, which was granted a dispensation in 1856 and later was granted a charter…this old lodge barely had time to get a good start before the South was faced with what turned out to be almost total devastation…
During and after the Civil War the nearest lodge to Irwinville was the Western Light lodge in Abbeville, which originated from the old Irwinville lodge. Sometime in the 1880s, David Hogan donated an acre of land in Irwinville for the purpose of erecting a Masonic lodge…the new lodge was constituted as Lodge #315, with these members coming from Western Light in Abbeville: Reverend O. D. Mulkey, Z. T. Player, John J. Luke and Lemuel Taylor. The lodge was constituted by John A. Tomberlin on November 28th, 1885…Charter members were: William M. Gibbs, Worshipful Master; Jonathan Smith, Senior Warden; John J. Luke, Junior Warden; John Walker, Senior Deacon; Cornelius Clements, Junior Deacon; David M. Hogan, Treasurer; R. W. Clements, Secretary; and C. A. Johnson, Tyler. Other brethren included: W. J. Clements, Lemuel Taylor, Z. T. Player, and Reverend O. D. Mulkey…
In 1885, Irwin County was not too thickly settled. Plantations were many miles apart and the members of the Masonic Lodge had to travel a good many miles on horseback or by a buggy to come to their meeting. These men were working and making a living for their families and disliked the idea of leaving them alone at night. After due consideration, they decided to hold their monthly meeting each third Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, thus making this a daylight lodge, which it remains today, the only daylight lodge left in the state of Georgia…”
Judging from meeting schedules, I don’t believe this is still a “daylight lodge”, but apparently, when Willie Mae Smith wrote this article in 1973, it was.
For another view:
http://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2009/10/26/masonic-lodge-irwinville/
Filed under --IRWIN COUNTY GA--, Irwinville GA
