Clarkesville in Habersham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
North Georgia Technical College
"Living and Learning in the Mountains"
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 21, 2025
1. North Georgia Technical College Marker
Inscription.
North Georgia Technical College. "Living and Learning in the Mountains". In 1907, three local citizens, W.M. Loggans, B.B. Heyward, and W.P. Furr, donated 300 acres of farmland for the new location of the Ninth District School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. "The A&M School," a residential high school, operated from 1908 until its closure in 1933 due to the Great Depression. Claude Purcell, Habersham County Superintendent of Schools, purchased the site from the state, and with the support of President Roosevelt's National Youth Administration (NYA), Habersham College opened in 1938. The coeducational vocational school closed when the NYA lost funding in 1943 during World War II. However, in 1944, need for wartime workers led to the establishment of North Georgia Trade and Vocational School, located here. It was the first unit of the vocational division of the Georgia Department of Education. Today, the school is known as North Georgia Vocational Technical College, part of the Technical College System of Georgia.
In 1907, three local citizens, W.M. Loggans, B.B. Heyward, and W.P. Furr, donated 300 acres of farmland for the new location of the Ninth District School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. "The A&M School," a residential high school, operated from 1908 until its closure in 1933 due to the Great Depression. Claude Purcell, Habersham County Superintendent of Schools, purchased the site from the state, and with the support of President Roosevelt's National Youth Administration (NYA), Habersham College opened in 1938. The coeducational vocational school closed when the NYA lost funding in 1943 during World War II. However, in 1944, need for wartime workers led to the establishment of North Georgia Trade and Vocational School, located here. It was the first unit of the vocational division of the Georgia Department of Education. Today, the school is known as North Georgia Vocational Technical College, part of the Technical College System of Georgia.
Erected 2024 by Georgia Historical Society. (Marker Number 068-11.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.
Location. 34° 38.338′ N,
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83° 31.848′ W. Marker is in Clarkesville, Georgia, in Habersham County. It is on Georgia 197, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1593 GA-197, Clarkesville GA 30523, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Living & Learning In The Mountains (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Old Marker At This Location titled "Living & Learning In The Mountains".
Credits. This page was last revised on January 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2026, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 41 times since then. Photos:1, 2. submitted on January 15, 2026, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
