T. F. Lockwood, Jr.’s design for the fifth courthouse to be built in Stewart County, is one of his nicest designs, in my opinion.
The cornucopias on the pediment and the sunflower medallions on the frieze are artistic decorations likely unique among Georgia courthouses.
National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --STEWART COUNTY GA--, Lumpkin GA
The old Lumpkin High School stands on the site of the Masonic Female Academy, which was built in 1852. After it burned in 1880, a coeducational school was built here. This structure, however, is of early 20th-century construction.
Filed under --STEWART COUNTY GA--, Lumpkin GA
This is the authentically restored soda fountain inside Dr. Hatchett’s Drugstore Museum.
Lumpkin Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --STEWART COUNTY GA--, Lumpkin GA
This venerable structure, along with an old kitchen, are located in the back yard of the Bedingfield Inn. Thanks to Carly Elisabeth Kleinschmit for the identification. Cornelius Lynch was her great-great-great-great grandfather.
Filed under --STEWART COUNTY GA--, Lumpkin GA
Lumpkin Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --STEWART COUNTY GA--, Lumpkin GA
I’ve been told this house dates to circa 1836, but feel it may be a bit later, perhaps late 1840s. I hope to learn more about it.
Uptown Lumpkin Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --STEWART COUNTY GA--, Lumpkin GA
