Tag Archives: Bartow County

-Georgia, Signs

See Rock City Barns

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Since 1935, the See Rock City barns have decorated the rural landscape in the United States. This barn can be found in Bartow County, Georgia. The brainchild of the Rock City developer and owner, Garnet Carter, he hired painter Clark Byers to travel the United States seeking permission to paint “See Rock City” on barns. Owners were paid with free tickets to Rock City, promotional goodies, and some money with the guarantee the sign would be maintained. Byers painted over 900 barns in 19 states.

The number of barns began to decline during the 1960s when the highway beautification movement began. Legislation passed during Lyndon Johnson’s administration restricted billboards. Coupled with the developing interstate system, barns were often lost to development. In 2019, it was estimated that there were 250 barns left. Those barns still get a fresh coat of paint when needed.

In 2024, the state of Tennessee was working to get remaining signs listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

-Georgia, Churches and Temples

Pine Log United Methodist Church and Campground of Rydal, Georgia

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The oldest church in Bartow County is the Pine Log Methodist Church. It was organized in 1834 and built in 1842. It has been in continuous use since then. It is also the oldest church structure in North Georgia. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

The “tent” for the Juszynski family

The annual camp meeting celebrated its 190th meeting in July 2024. The wooden shelters surround the church and provide housing for the attending families. Most were built in the 1930s. The tabernacle was built in 1888.

The shelter for the Corn and Pasley families
The Vaughan Tent est. 8-17-1934
The menu in the canteen
Under the permanent “tent” or tabernacle
-Georgia, Abandoned, Houses

Mysterious Eclectic I-House in Folsom, Georgia

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Folsom, Georgia, is an unincorporated town in Bartow County, Georgia. A post office was established in 1886 and discontinued in 1917. Interestingly, the town is named after Frances Folsom Cleveland, the wife of Grover Cleveland and the youngest first lady in history. (She married Cleveland at the age of 21 in the White House.)

This I-House is a complete mystery. The plot maps and tax records do not include a house on the land, and my usual sources for building history have not been helpful. My friend Brian thinks it was moved there. I asked in a Facebook group, and one person knows it has been there for at least thirty years.

I spent time staring at the house’s facade. While it’s been heavily modified, it reminds me of the Higdon Hotel in Reliance, Tennessee. The bars on the lower windows made me wonder if the first floor was a store and the second floor was the living quarters.

Updated: Audrey Franklin shared that this used to be the Adcock House. The family ran a store on the first floor and lived on the second floor. Still not sure why this building doesn’t show on tax records, but it’s at least less of a mystery now.

-Georgia, Churches and Temples

Adairsville’s Church on the Square

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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.

-Georgia, Houses, National Register of Historic Places

The Pavlovsky House of Adairsville, Georgia

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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.

-Georgia, Cemeteries

Scoggins Grave House of Bartow County

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Patsy E Scoggins (1948-1952) was the first-born child of Glenn and Syble Scoggins. This brick grave house could loosely be called a dollhouse grave like Nadine Earles’s or Korry Gail Blackburn’s. Patsy’s age is close to Nadine and Korry’s, but it lacks some of these other graves’ embellishments. Earlier photos on FindAGrave indicate there were more decorations inside the house. It is well taken care of, like these other dollhouses.