The Church on the Square, a Carpenter Gothic church built in 1887, is on the edge of the commercial district. In 2024, the Georgia Trust of Historic Preservation honored its restoration with the Excellence in Rehabilitation award.
John, August, and Joe Pavlovsky moved to Adairsville, Georgia, after fighting in the Franco-Prussian War. Initially, the brothers were wagon manufacturers. They began to build homes in town, many of them along Main Street. This home was built in 1890.
It was recently on the market. Interior photos can be seen at The Old House Life.
The James and Lily Gaines House was built by Prussian architect, John Schmitz, in 1901 as a “Honeymoon House.” Schmitz relocated to Bartow County after serving in the Civil War as a Union soldier. His architectural work can be seen throughout Bartow County.
The home is a rare example of a brick Queen Anne home in Georgia. Built into a hill, the home faces downtown and the rail line. It is believed the bricks came in via the rail since there isn’t a record of a brick manufacturer in the area until 1906.
A long-rumored story about the home is that it was a hospital with a tunnel to the nearby funeral parlor. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be verifiable. It did serve as a hotel at one point.
Information on the house was culled from Maggie Ball’s research of the home.
