The Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this area, passed here, running some 120 miles from the Ocmulgee River via today's Lax,
Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville to the Florida Line above Tallahassee. The thoroughfare . . . — — Map (db m14815) HM
This memorial serves to commemorate the memory of Allen Normal and Industrial School, 1886-1933, which gave so much to so many, and in whose chapel was born Bethany Congregational Church — the spiritual capstone of all those whose hopes and . . . — — Map (db m310876) HM
The Avera-Weirig House, circa 1858, is a vernacular Greek Revival Cottage, with a classical pediment, dentiled cornice, pilasters, and two front doors. It was built by Randolph Avera on what was then the edge of Thomasville. Thomasville resident . . . — — Map (db m285896) HM
Confederate authorities, fearing a raid on Andersonville by Sherman’s marching army, chose Thomasville as a safe, temporary prison camp. Five thousand Federal prisoners were brought here on the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Line via Blackshear in the . . . — — Map (db m82842) HM
[side 1] The Dewey City Historic District is a significant African-American neighborhood. Sparsely settled in the early 19th century, the earliest extant historic resource is the remnant of the 1864 Civil War Prison Camp. . . . — — Map (db m285889) HM
Gardening and cultivating plants for their appearance and scent became a popular pastime for members of all classes in the mid-nineteenth century. Home gardeners favored blooms for their colors and scents and experimented with creating their own . . . — — Map (db m310799) HM
The Dixie Highway was the first highway to connect Southern cities to the Northeast and the Midwest as it stretched from Miami to Canada and was built between 1915 and 1927. The portion which ran through Thomas County was graded in 1916, and exists . . . — — Map (db m310800) HM
Emily Joyner, a Civil War widow, purchased this house and lot in 1877 for $125. The original lot was along Jerger Street, near the current location of the “Pilau” shed on the Museum's grounds. The house itself is believed to be an adaptive re-use . . . — — Map (db m310755) HM
Finney General Hospital, named in honor of Brigadier General John M.T. Finney, was authorized September 30, 1942, and dedicated June 16, 1943, on this site. Finney was one of sixty Army hospitals across the country built to care for sick and wounded . . . — — Map (db m40366) HM
Henry Ossian Flipper was born a slave in Thomasville on March 21, 1836. On June 14, 1877, he became the first black man to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. N.Y. He served with distinction during the Indian Wars in Texas and the . . . — — Map (db m176701) HM
Brothers William Howard Flowers & Joseph Hampton Flowers Jr. opened Flowers Baking Company, the first commercial bakery in Southwest Georgia, on this site on November 4, 1919. The following morning, 500 loaves of "Flowers Quality Bread" were sold . . . — — Map (db m311967) HM
In 1910, Joseph Hampton Flowers built matching playhouses for two of his granddaughters who were cousins, Marguerite Heard Neel and Claire Flewellyn Flowers. This playhouse went to Claire Flewellyn Flowers, whose photograph is on display. Watch . . . — — Map (db m310782) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m291650) HM
While modern plumbing took urban centers in Europe by storm, most Americans, including the Smith family, still relied on a well to supply their water. A well was one of the first structures built on a homestead. Wells in this region often measured . . . — — Map (db m310791) HM
The 100-bed John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital was dedicated on June 30, 1925, and received its first patient transfer from the City Hospital on July 3. John Foster "Jack" Archbold (1877-1930) funded the purchase of the land and construction of . . . — — Map (db m286450) HM
Metcalfe, a lumber-and-agriculture based community located eight miles to the southeast of Thomasville, was founded as a railroad boomtown in 1889. Metcalfe expanded around the railroad depot and by 1892 it requested that the County build a . . . — — Map (db m310700) HM
The Old Coffee Road, a pioneer vehicular and postal route, passed here. Beginning at the Ocmulgee River, below Jacksonville, it ran some 120 miles via today's Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville to the Florida Line. The thoroughfare was . . . — — Map (db m14812) HM
Oliver Ewart, a banker who split his time between New York and Mount Vernon, Ohio, purchased the lot where you are standing in 1893 and built a three-level mansion. Three years later, he added this ten-pin bowling lane/shooting gallery/gymnasium . . . — — Map (db m310692) HM
The Roberts Garage was built in 1942, shortly after the Roberts family purchased 725 North Dawson Street. Built to match the main house, the garage originally had a cupola that was blown off during Hurricane Kate in 1985. The six door, three bay . . . — — Map (db m310683) HM
This dogtrot style log house was built about 1870 by Rufus Smith and his wife Cecelia. Located on Enon Church Road in the northeast corner of Thomas County, the three-room house sat on a 504-acre farm and housed Rufus, Cecelia, and at various times . . . — — Map (db m310699) HM
Subsistence gardens supplemented a family's food supply by providing fresh fruits or vegetables for their table; small livestock, like chickens, also supplemented the family's food supply. Each garden and its contents were unique to the family who . . . — — Map (db m310798) HM
The Big Oak
Thomasville, GA
Age c. 335 Yrs.
Spread 160 Feet
Height 68 Feet
Trunk 27.5 Ft. Circ.
Variety Live Oak
Property of
Thomasville Garden Club, Inc.
and
City of Thomasville
1787 1987
Arborist . . . — — Map (db m102346) HM
Kitchen gardens and yards also served as extended workspaces for chores. Housework in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was hard physical labor. Chores like laundry and beating rugs required plenty of space. Wells and water pumps . . . — — Map (db m310797) HM
Thomas county was created by legislative acts of Dec. 23 and 24, 1825 introduced by Thomas J. Johnson, and named for Gen. Jett Thomas, War of 1812 hero. First settlers included John Parramore, Shadrick Atkinson, E. Blackshear, N.R. Mitchell and . . . — — Map (db m174311) HM
In memory of the Confederate Soldiers of Thomas Co. Geo. who died during the War 1861-5. ——— ”On Fame’s eternal camping ground, Their silent tents are spread. And Glory guards with solemn round, the bivouac of the dead.” ——— Erected by the . . . — — Map (db m197901) WM
Elijah Hill, Jr. • Clarice A. Hobbs • Curtis Thomas William A. Morris • Reverend I.L. Mullins • Helen Clark On August 11, 1975, the Thomasville Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and six . . . — — Map (db m197892) HM
The area enclosed by the fence represents a typical homestead in South Georgia during the era of Reconstruction (1865-1877). Originally located in what was once known as the Ways District in the northeastern section of Thomas County, parts of the . . . — — Map (db m310698) HM
This pine log building was once located along U.S. Highway 84. When construction required that it either be moved or destroyed in 1987, the Historical Society moved the building to this property as an example of a typical 19th century tool shed. . . . — — Map (db m310740) HM
