Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Vanna, Hart County. #ruralgeorgia #ruralsouth #hartcountyga 020
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 27/07/2025The old Hart County jail. This was the fourth jail for the county and it was built in the mid 1890s. It continued to be used as a jail through the 1980s. #hartcountyga #oldjail #jailhouse #hartwellga 040
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 25/07/2025But the windows and roof still look good so hopefully it has a lot of life left.#georgiachurch #ruralchurch #ruralgeorgia 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 25/07/2025New Harmony Methodist. Hart County. Circa 1890. This is of the first old churches I remember visiting, years ago. We stopped by for a visit recently. There used to be a hand painted sign above the door but it’s gone now. 140
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 25/07/2025The 1914 Colbert School. Madison County. I’m not sure how long the school was in use. By the mid 1920s another brick school was built nearby and that school was in use until the 1960s. Today the brick school is used for city offices and this 1914 one seems to used for storage. 110
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Doorway in Royston. This is actually the back of some storefronts along Main St. The color caught my eye. #roystonga #smalltowngeorgia #archeddoorway 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 22/07/2025They’ve shared photos of the store’s interior and it’s like a time capsule from 1976 - fully stocked shelves, and a calendar on the wall.#paoliga #oldstore #ruralgeorgia #madisoncountyga 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 22/07/2025The current owners of the property have a Facebook page detailing their renovation of the home which is just to the right of the store, and they have hopes of preserving the store as well. 100
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Threlkeld Grocery in Paoli. Madison County. Ran by longtime proprietors Louise and Sut Threlkeld. The store was open until 1976. This building is circa 1910. 100
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Ruins of the old Harrison School. Madison County. This was a school for white children built circa 1932 in the Harrison community outside of Royston. I’m not sure when the school closed, but there is a Harrison Community Facebook page where former students share memories and photos of the school. 130
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Their Facebook page says that they have been a Hartwell breakfast spot for over 20 years, but it seems like they’ve only been at this location for a few years. And I’m still sad I missed out on a biscuit.#hartwellga #smalltowngeorgia #biscuits #georgiarestaurant 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Tammy’s Biscuit Barn in Hartwell. You need to get here early if you want some biscuits. They are only open 5:30am until 11am, Monday through Saturday. 150
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 19/07/2025#elbertonga #jamesmhuntarchitect #1950sarchitecture #georgiaarchitect 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Hunt was also very active in Elbert County and Georgia politics, assisting with Jimmy Carter’s campaigns for both governor and president. James Hunt is buried in Elberton’s Elmhurst Cemetery. His papers are held at UGA’s special collections. 100
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Hunt served in World War II then returned to Elberton to begin his architecture practice in 1948. He went on to design numerous homes, commercial buildings, and civic structures. He was eventually made an AIA Fellow, one of the highest honors an architect can receive. Mr. 100
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 19/07/2025The former Elbert County Health Center in Elberton. I’m used to seeing buildings in various states of deterioration, but this one really makes me sad. It was built in 1950. Designed by architect James M. Hunt (1915-1993). Mr. 140
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 17/07/2025The Hartwell Sun has references to a “flourishing Vanna School” dating from 1907. The town was incorporated in 1912. I found one article that said the school continued until its students were moved to the Eagle Grove School (also now abandoned) in 1963, so it’s possible it was in use until then. 100
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 17/07/2025The Vanna School lunchroom. Hart County. The school is no longer, but the lunchroom remains. It’s located in what seems to be the backyard of an occupied house, so this photo from a distance was the best I could do without creeping into someone’s yard. I’m not sure when the school opened. 120
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 17/07/2025An old store in the community of Vanna. Hart County. #vannaga #oldstore #ruralgeorgia #ruralsouth 030
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 16/07/2025The Elberton 12 County Fair. The fair has been in existence for 92 years. This year’s fair will be October 16 thru the 26th. It’s called the 12 county fair because it serves 10 Georgia counties plus two counties in South Carolina. #elbertonga #countyfair #fairgrounds 010
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 15/07/2025The archives at UGA hold church records for Rock Branch dating back to 1845, so the congregation has been around for at least that long. This building is circa 1904.#georgiachurch #ruralgeorgia #elbertcountyga 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Rock Branch Baptist. Elbert County. This is one of the older church buildings. There is still an active Rock Branch congregation in a new building about a mile away. 120
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 15/07/2025I love tire shops. Ted’s in Fortsonia. Elbert County. #tireshop #fortsoniaga #ruralgeorgia 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 13/07/2025In the 1980s four more screens were added. In 1983 the site began being used as a swap meet location during the daylight hours, which has morphed into a flea market that continues today. I’ve been to the flea market but I have not taken in a film at the drive-in. 100
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Another DeKalb County treasure: the Starlight Drive-In. Despite the forlorn appearance of the sign, it’s open and shows first run films every night. It opened in 1949 as a single screen drive-in. In 1956 a second screen was added and it became the Starlight Twin. 130
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 12/07/2025There were several battles in court until 1911, when Chestnut Hill won the right to perform burials.#georgiacemeteries #gravestones #dekalbcountyga #blackhistory 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 12/07/2025In 1910, before any burials had taken place, local white residents tried to prevent the cemetery from existing. Led by Nolan Maddox, they incorporated as a town called Constitution solely in an effort to block the cemetery. 100
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Hattie L. Parks. 1933-1993. Chestnut Hill Cemetery, DeKalb County. A beautiful marker in a very historic cemetery. Chestnut Hill was founded in 1906 by David Howard (who was born enslaved in 1849), and Lucious Lee, born in 1854. 121
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 11/07/2025In Nebraska I believe we may have seen more grain elevators than people. But this one is just outside of Meansville in rural Georgia.#grainelevator #pikecountyga #ruralgeorgia 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Grain elevator. Pike County. Definitely pulled over to admire this. It reminded us of our trips across Kansas and Nebraska. In Kansas we stayed in an old storefront building right across the street from a magnificent grain elevator. I probably took 100 photos of it. 110
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 11/07/2025#georgiapeaches #georgiafarm #pikecountyga #ruralgeorgia 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Gregg’s Peaches. Pike County. John and Patsy Gregg started Gregg Farms in the early 1970s. They began as a peach stand but soon were selling blackberries, watermelon, and corn. The farm no longer uses this old barn since they built a larger market. They are open every summer. 130
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Then the building was occupied a Health and Rehab center until it closed in 2019. The building has been vacant since then.#georgiaschool #molenaga #abandonedgeorgia #abandonedschool 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 10/07/2025The old school building in Molena. Pike County. Built circa 1926. This was the fifth school for the town. Molena was founded in 1888. I’m not sure when the school closed, but in 1967 the Molena Nursing Home opened here. The nursing home was in operation until 2009. 110
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Ms. Mamie Loveless. 1916-1991. Bush Chapel Cemetery. Pike County. #restinpeace #georgiacemeteries #gravestones #ruralgeorgia 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Bush Chapel A.M.E. Pike County. The church was founded in 1867. This building is from 1978, with an addition in 1999. There is a cemetery behind the church. The oldest marked grave I saw was from 1891. #georgiachurch #amechurch #pikecountyga #ruralgeorgia 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 07/07/2025The Zebulon depot. Built in 1888. In the 1970s the depot was purchased by the local Lions Club. The club moved it to its current location and renovated it. In 2020 it caught fire and it’s only due to the fast response of the Pike County Fire Department that the depot is still around today. 100
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 07/07/2025There is also no entry in Find A Grave for Elizabeth Mangham Thomas. A little mysterious.#georgiacemeteries #gravehouse #cemeterywandering #pikecountyga 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 07/07/2025My favorite find from Saturday’s trip to Pike County - the gravehouse of Elizabeth Mangham Thomas. It’s in a small family cemetery in the Lifsey community. The plaque on the front of the gravehouse lists her name and her birth date in 1838. There is no death date and there is no stone inside. 130
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Many Hilltop students protested this decision to close their school, which led to several students in the class of 1969 being denied their diplomas. In 2018 The Pike County Board of education finally decided to grant the diplomas.#pikecountyga #hilltopga #blackhistory #gymnasium 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025The gymnasium at the former Pike County Consolidated High School. Located in the Hilltop Community of Pike County. It was the high school for Pike County’s Black students from the 1950s until 1969. The school closed in 1969 and the students then attended the all white Pike County High School. 120
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Today this is Trinity Baptist Church.#georgiachurch #barkerandcunninghamarchitects #dekalbcounty #1960sarchitecture 000
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025The bell tower is 80 feet tall and the bells were imported from Holland. Who knows the last time they rang. By 1976 the Ousley congregation had moved out (white flight - many south DeKalb churches that originally housed white congregations are now home to black congregations). 100
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Another entry in the tour of midcentury DeKalb County churches. This was originally Ousley Methodist Church. It was founded in 1858, one of the oldest congregations in DeKalb. This building was completed in 1961. It is another one of Barker & Cunningham’s designs. 110
Stephanyyk @stephanyyk.bsky.social · 05/07/2025It certainly looks like a lodge to me, and it sits right across the road from Jefferson Baptist Church.#benevolencesociety #ruralgeorgia #putnamcountyga 000
