This was likely built in the 1910s or 1920s. The keystone arch displays the letters M H S.
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Tag Archives: South Georgia Institutional Architecture
North Cook Elementary School Gymnasium, Lenox
Darrell Bennett writes: The gym wasn’t green at the time the school was in use. After the consolidation, the gym was used by the community. It was at this time it was painted.
Filed under --COOK COUNTY GA--, Lenox GA
Post Office, 1939, Ashburn
Ashburn Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --TURNER COUNTY GA--, Ashburn GA
Stewart-Webster Hospital, 1950, Richland
The cornerstone of the hospital is dated 1949 but I understand it wasn’t completed and occupied until 1950. It was sponsored by the Richland Lions Club and Dr. J. T. Phillips was the hospital authority chairman. This is just one of numerous rural hospitals that have closed in recent years, leaving many without accessible major medical care. The politics around the issue go back and forth, but when your county loses a hospital, that’s irrelevant. This particular hospital served two counties.
Filed under --STEWART COUNTY GA--, Richland GA
Richland Elementary & High School, Circa 1933
According to Mac Moye, the first school on this site was built in 1888-1889. The second school was built in 1901 and burned in 1931. This structure was built and occupied by 1933. Much of the identification and background on Richland comes from Mac, an excellent local historian who also serves as Stewart County Manager.
Richland Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --STEWART COUNTY GA--, Richland GA
New Webster County Jail, 1910, Preston
Built to replace the old jail, which was located next door (below), this structure was used at least into the 1990s to temporarily house prisoners and as the sheriff’s’ office.
National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --WEBSTER COUNTY GA--, Preston GA
Sumter County Hospital, 1913, Americus
A group of local women established the Americus & Sumter County Hospital Association in 1908 and after raising funds and community interest in a modern medical facility, they dedicated the Sumter County Hospital in 1913.
Initially a 27-bed facility, it doubled in size after the addition of an annex in 1932. It was in use until a new hospital opened north of town in 1952.
This Prairie style landmark has been abandoned for over 60 years and is presently on the market.
Americus Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --SUMTER COUNTY GA--, Americus GA
