Jewell in Hancock County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Jewell Historic District
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 10, 2023
1. Jewell Historic District Marker
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placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1845.
Location. 33° 17.581′ N, 82° 47.137′ W. Marker is in Jewell, Georgia, in Hancock County. Marker is on Hamburg State Park Road (State Road 248) south of Macon Highway (State Highway 16), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 160 Hamburg State Park Rd, Jewell GA 31045, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Shoals on the Ogeechee (approx. 3.2 miles away); Beall Springs (approx. 4.1 miles away); Col. Robert M. Mitchell (approx. 7 miles away); Rockby (approx. 8.8 miles away); Gov. William Rabun (approx. 9.3 miles away); Early History of Warren County (approx. 10.6 miles away); National Flags of the Confederate States of America 1861-1865 (approx. 10.6 miles away); Muster Roll of Company H, 22nd Regiment (approx. 10.6 miles away).
Regarding Jewell Historic District. Excerpts from the National Register
this page online
Under the sole operation of Daniel A. Jewell (1822-1896), the community became a burgeoning textile center. A two-story school house was built on the green by Jewell about 1871. During his ownership, homes were built, many on the highlands on both sides of the river, continuing the standard mill houses, built of heart pine and mortised-and-pegged construction, which had been built for the mill workers beginning in the 1840s. …
The name of the town remained Rock Factory until approximately 1869-1870. An act of the legislature in 1872 incorporated the town as Jewell's Mills, and maps after this date are the first to show the new name. Later, the name became Jewell's, and later Jewell …
In 1927 the mills at Jewell were completely destroyed by fire. Today only the mill's foundation remains on the banks of the Ogeechee. A street of mill houses, known as “Smut Row,” paralleling the Warrenton Road, were cleared in the 1960s to make pastureland. Many of the present-day residents of Jewell are descendants of the original mill families.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 10, 2023
2. Jewell Historic District Marker
Marker is on the Rock Mills Methodist Church, built in that community c. 1841-45 and moved to Jewell in 1894.
Jimmy Emerson, DVM via Flicker (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), April 21, 2021
3. Jewell Schoolhouse
Community namesake Daniel A. Jewell built this frame building around 1871. The classroom was downstairs and a meeting hall was on the second floor, reachable by a winding staircase.
A. P. Wood via Wikimedia Commons (cropped) (CC BY-SA 3.0), January 1, 2013
4. Jewell Baptist Church
The Norman Gothic sanctuary was constructed in 1871.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 30, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 119 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 30, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
