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
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 Shermans 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
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 m23158) 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
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
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
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
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 Fames 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
