Thomasville in Thomas County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Flowers-Roberts House

1923

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 6, 2025

1. Flowers-Roberts House Marker

Inscription.
The brick house at 725 North Dawson Street was built in 1923 for Joseph Hampton Flowers, and designed by architect Frank Galliher. Other buildings in Thomasville built by Galliher include Eastside School, now the Thomasville Center for the Arts, the 1919 Flowers Baking Factory on Madison Street, and the original Thomasville utilities building. This House is an example of the Jeffersonian Revival style and was built on the footprint of the 1893 Ewart three-level mansion that burned in an electrical fire in 1922. The House was sold by the Flowers family to Fritz and Mildred Robert in 1942. During their time in the House, the Roberts family added carpeting to the floors, built partition walls between the dining room and living room, placed marble overlays on the fireplaces, dug out a basement which includes a bomb shelter, built a garage, and finished the attic for use as a bedroom and nursery. It was purchased for the Thomas County Historical Society for use as a museum in 1969.

Erected by Thomasville History Center.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1923.

Location. 30° 50.752′ N,

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83° 59.067′ W. Marker is in Thomasville, Georgia, in Thomas County. It can be reached from North Dawson Street just south of East Jerger Street, on the left when traveling north. The marker is on the Thomasville History Center grounds, overlooking the south side of the Flowers-Roberts House. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 725 North Dawson Street, Thomasville GA 31792, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Wiregrass.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Avera-Weirig House (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Black Graduate of West Point (approx. ¼ mile away); The Big Oak

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 6, 2025

2. Flowers-Roberts House Marker

Looking northeast from Thomasville History Center parking lot. The Flowers-Roberts House is in the background.

(approx. 0.4 miles away); Thomas County (approx. half a mile away); Thomas County Confederate Monument (approx. half a mile away); Thomas County Honors African-American Leaders (approx. half a mile away); Old Post Office (approx. 0.6 miles away); Thomas Drug Store (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Thomasville.

Also see . . . Thomas County Historical Society & Museum of History.

(by M., Ben and Amelia Gallo) Excerpt: The Thomas County Historical Society was formed in 1952 and opened the Thomas County Museum of History within the Flowers-Roberts House in 1972. Since 1972, the Museum’s collections have grown to include more than 500,000 artifacts and archival materials. The building contains more than thirty-five exhibits about the history of Thomas County, as well as the document, photo, and three-dimensional archives that provide the material evidence of what happened in Thomas County’s past.

(Submitted on January 13, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Flowers-Roberts House (<i>south elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 6, 2025

3. Flowers-Roberts House (south elevation)

Flowers-Roberts House (<i>southeast elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 6, 2025

4. Flowers-Roberts House (southeast elevation)

Flowers-Roberts House (<i>northeast elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 6, 2025

5. Flowers-Roberts House (northeast elevation)

Flowers-Roberts House (<i>east/front elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 6, 2025

6. Flowers-Roberts House (east/front elevation)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 13, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 52 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 13, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.