This church served the Black communities of Asbury, Thicketty, and Whig Hill. Built in the 1880s, the church held services until the 1940s. It was listed on the National Register in 2012.
This Gothic Revival church is one of the few extant Black churches built in South Carolina prior to 1900 that is still standing.
Sam Nuckles, a Reconstruction Era politician, is buried in the cemetery.
Gold & Grass Farms- That’s the sign you see from the road, but this is the last remaining building from the Creighton/Franklin Gold Mine in Ball Ground, Georgia. Built in 1890, the “Shingle House” served the area as a commissary, post office, and a boarding house.
Built in 1909, this one room schoolhouse was restored by the church in the last few years.
The congregation of the Andrews Presbyterian Church was founded in 1897 out of the Asheville Presbytery. The church building was constructed the same year.
Located in Canton, Georgia, Riverview Cemetery is one of the older cemeteries in Cherokee County. The Brady Monument memorializes Thomas Brady, the sculptor for the Lion of Atlanta that used to be in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.
Located in Gaffney, South Carolina, the Jennings Trading Post is still an active store. Based on my research, it’s been around since at least the 1940s.
