Ann Chamlee made this photograph in 1989. A newer structure stands on this site, near the Powersville community, and this historic African-American church is presumed to be long gone. Like Jordan Chapel A. M. E. in Haddock, Lizzie Chapel was likely used by the community for various purposes.
Filed under --PEACH COUNTY GA--, Powersville GA
This old general store has been restored and is well-maintained.
Filed under --PEACH COUNTY GA--, Powersville GA
This congregation traces its origins to Allen Chapel Congregational Church, a mission of the Congregational Church of New England, sometime around 1846. The present church was constructed in 1919. In 1920, the trustees decided to affiliate with the Methodists and the church was officially renamed Powersville Methodist in 1922.
Filed under --PEACH COUNTY GA--, Powersville GA
This landmark Neoclassical Revival home is the finest in Powersville and has recently been restored for use as an event venue, known as Rosa Laevigata.
Filed under --PEACH COUNTY GA--, Powersville GA
Raymond Clark writes: These were the homes where people lived who picked peaches for the Mike Pearson family. I used to work for the Pearsons in the 1980s when I was a teen. African-Americans used to work in the peach field and peach package house before Mexicans took over.The houses were abandoned after Mike Pearson left the peach business and began working for Blue Bird. The Lane family took over peach business.
Filed under --PEACH COUNTY GA--
H. V. Kell was a a grocery-hardware store chain. The stenciled advertising placed diagonally between the windows was very common in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, but is rarely seen intact today. The banners read, from left to right: Farm Hardware; Field Fence; Roofing Nails; Paints And Oil.
Fort Valley was a real surprise, as I’d only passed through the area briefly before my recent photo expedition there. There are three National Register Historic Districts in the town and one of the most interesting and well maintained downtowns I’ve seen in awhile. It’s a bit out of the way, but definitely worth a trip whether you’re a photographer, historian, or casual visitor.
Fort Valley Downtown & Railroad Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --PEACH COUNTY GA--, Fort Valley GA
This outbuilding is located at the Anthoine Machine Shop along Railroad Street. Established in 1885, the Anthoine Machine Shop is the second oldest business in Peach County and is one of just a few machine shops still using line shafts in Georgia. Vanishing icons of the Industrial Revolution, line shafts were the common mode of power transmission in machinery until the widespread availability of small motors deemed them unnecessary.
Fort Valley Downtown & Railroad Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --PEACH COUNTY GA--, Fort Valley GA
The building in the middle is the Fort Valley Masonic Lodge #110, F. & A. M.
Fort Valley Downtown & Railroad Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --PEACH COUNTY GA--, Fort Valley GA
Designed by Dennis & Dennis, this is likely a WPA construction, but I haven’t confirmed this.
National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --PEACH COUNTY GA--, Fort Valley GA
Peach County, Georgia’s newest, was created in 1924. This jail was built soon thereafter and for many years housed the sheriff’s family (first floor) along with inmates on the second floor. The jail was decommissioned in 1986. As of 2016, it is slated for demolition. It may already be gone.
Filed under --PEACH COUNTY GA--, Fort Valley GA
