Southwest of Carnesville, Georgia, on Highway 59, you will pass the Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery and the Hebron Lodge. I have driven past the Hebron Lodge and never stopped. I also had not noticed a building that looked like an early 1900s school at the top of the hill. Imagine my surprise when I did see it. Sadly, I cannot determine the history of the building. Since it shares the land with the lodge and cemetery, I wondered if it was once called the Ebenezer School or Hebron School. This did not help in my search. If you know anything about this building, please let me know.
The Hebron Lodge occupies what was once the Ebenezer Methodist Church in Ashland, Georgia. The congregation of Ebenezer was founded in the 1820s. Their first church was on the same plot of land. In 1882 a new church was built by the congregation. It is the one that stands today.
The congregation dissolved in the 1960s. At some point the Hebron Lodge #564 took over the space and now use it as a meeting place.
The John F. McConnell House was built in 1906. According to the National Register of Historic Places, this Georgian plan house has three cut stone chimneys and six fireplaces. A local brick mason, William O. Brown, built the fireplaces, who apparently would mark the year and the number to indicate how many chimneys he had built. He marked one chimney with 1906 #255. His chimneys can be found throughout the area.
The home has Victorian details that can be seen on the porch and the gable. I am quite fond of this house.
The Knox-Tribble House, also known as the Knox-Marets-Tribble-Roberts House, is a contributing property to the Vickery Street Historic District in Lavonia. Completed in 1905, this Queen Anne House features fish scale shingles, a tower, and a three-sided porch.
Sitting along Old Federal Road in Franklin County, Georgia is the Plain View School. It is a contributing building to the McConnell Historic District. It was built in 1905 and used as a school until 1955.
