Designed by Georgia architect Bernard Webb, the Art Deco building was built in the 1950s and named after the former governor, Eugene Talmadge, who hailed from Telfair County. At one point, the building featured a black and white background that mimicked the MacRae clan plaid from Scotland to honor the many Scottish citizens who had settled in Telfair County.

In 2015, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation put it on its Places in Peril List as it had not been in use since 2005 and had begun to show signs of wear and tear. Fortunately, an upholsterer is currently using the building. She was cleaning up the space to get ready to open it when my friends and I stopped to photograph it.