Sumter County
Built in 1921, this is the Shady Grove School, a Rosenwald three-teacher type school in Sumter County, Georgia. Later known as the Nunn Industrial School, it cost $2,300 to build.
Shady Grove School-Americus, Georgia
Category Archives: Abandoned
St. James AME Church-Cassville, Georgia
Bartow County
Organized in 1872, this Cassville church began as a Presbyterian Church prior to the Civil War, but after the Civil War, the land and the church was given to Black families to start a new church.
Cook Caldwell General Store-Friendship Community, Georgia
Fulton County
The Friendship Community is now part of the area in Fulton County known as Chattahoochee Hills. It’s not far from Palmetto. Homer Cook started the general store around 1890 and ran it until 1954. Jewell Caldwell, Homer’s sister, took over when her brother passed away. According to a Cook descendant, their family stayed in the area until the boll weevil came to the area.
Antioch Baptist Church-Crawfordville, Georgia
Taliaferro County
Built in 1899 by local craftspeople, Antioch Baptist Church was founded by freedmen and women in 1886. The Gothic Revival church sits just off the road in southern Taliaferro County.
There are efforts to stabilize the church, which water has damaged over the years. Former congregation members still return to the church once a year for homecoming.
There is a small graveyard adjacent to the church with burials ranging from 1899 to 2000.
Whites Chapel AME Church-Tallapoosa, Georgia
Haralson County
Located in Tallapoosa, Georgia, the Whites Chapel AME opened in 1907. Services ceased in the 1980s. Since this photo was taken, the church has fallen in.
Walker Building-Milledgeville, Georgia
On July 27, 2023, it was announced that Governor Kemp authorized the demolition of four buildings on the Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia. The Walker Building is one of the buildings slated for completion, which isn’t a surprise because you can see the sky looking up through the windows. It was built in 1884 to serve as the admission ward for white males. It was used until 1974. It is my favorite building on the hospital’s campus.