Mrs. Emma Knox Kenan established the library at the request of school superintendent W.W. Benson in a small cloak room of the Geneva School. The library was financed by subscriptions, book rentals and fund raisers. The property where the library now . . . — — Map (db m131869) HM
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The town of Geneva was established in the 1820s at the junction of
the Choctawhatchee and Talakahatchee (Pea) Rivers. Henry A. Yonge,
who established an Indian trading post there, named the settlement,
Geneva, for his bride who . . . — — Map (db m145697) HM
Built in 1888 by W.K. and Emma Knox Kenan, this
home is an excellent local example of Victorian
Cottage architecture. The Kenan's settled in
Geneva in 1882 and were charter members of the
Geneva Presbyterian Church established in 1884.
Despite . . . — — Map (db m167707) HM