Barnesville, Georgia was once known as the “Buggy Capital of the South.” One of the more prominent buggy companies was J. G. Smith’s Barnesville Buggies. Jackson Greenleaf Smith was born in Buffalo, New York and relocated to Georgia after the Civil War.
Located on the town square, the store front is a contributing factor to the Barnesville Historic District. Barnesville celebrates Buggy Days every September. More information can be found here.
The Rehoboth Church is also known as the Rehobeth Church. The congregation was founded in 1869, which was very early for a Black church in the South.
From the sign on the door, “The last meeting was on September 25, 1987. The final members were Ollie Kinard, Lillian Rivers, and Shirley Ray. The last pastor was Elder Rubert Nobles.” It now serves the congregation of the Church of the Lost and Found.
The church was founded in 1837 in what is present day Monroe County. The current church is the second one for the congregation after it was built in 1890. The Goggans family (founders of the town, too) gave the land for the physical establishment of a church and cemetery.
This house recently sold. On the little information I can find online, it seems it was built in the 1850s, and the Queen Anne facade was added in the 1880s. I love the added decorative elements.
