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-Georgia, National Register of Historic Places

Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant in Atlanta, Georgia

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Located on the southeast corner of Edgewood Avenue and Courtland Street in downtown Atlanta, Coca-Cola’s oldest remaining bottling plant is located. Originally created by John Pemberton in 1886 as a temperance drink from his original drink, Pemberton’s French Wine Cocanerve tonic, Coca-Cola began as a drink that could only be purchased at a soda fountain.

Built in 1892, the eclectic Victorian building began as a series of businesses on the first floor and a proprietor’s residence on the second floor. In the initial years, the building was a photographer’s studio, storage facility, and a brick business. In April 1900, it became the home of the second Coca-Cola bottling location (the first being in Chattanooga) after Benjamin Thomas and Joseph Whitehead convinced Asa Griggs Candler that the drink needed to be bottled. The company quickly outgrew the location and left in 1901 for a larger location.

The building is now the location for Georgia State University’s Baptist Student Union. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark.

Image from the National Register of Historic Places application
Image from the National Register of Historic Places application
-Georgia, Cemeteries, National Register of Historic Places

In the Shadow of the Georgia Bulldogs, Oconee Hill Cemetery

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It is hard to miss Sanford Stadium at the University of Georgia. It is next to the student center, residence halls, and academic buildings. If you drive along the backside of the stadium on East Campus Road, you will see Oconee Hill Cemetery.

Seventeen acres were purchased in 1855 for $1,000 to start a public cemetery. By 1896, all lots were sold and the need to expand over the Oconee River. The cemetery trustees worked with Athens city officials to build a bridge over the river. This allowed visitors to access the additional 82 acres.

Like many Southern town cemeteries, there were separate burial grounds for Black and white Athenians. The Historic Burial Grounds for African Americans runs along the back side of the original section, next to the river. More recently, it was used as the site to rebury the bones of enslaved people that were discovered when renovations to Baldwin Hall began. This decision received criticism as many Black community members preferred that the bones were relocated to Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery or Brooklyn Cemetery, two historic Black cemeteries in Athens.

Over the last decade, I have visited Oconee Hill Cemetery several times and always find something new to photograph. Outside of roaming the hills of the front section, people should visit Bulldog Haven, a section for UGA football letterman, and their families.

-South Carolina, Houses, National Register of Historic Places

The Bishop William Wallace Duncan House of Spartanburg, South Carolina

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The Queen Anne home was built after Bishop Duncan was named bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Prior to his appointment, he was a professor at Wofford College and he lived on campus with his family.

From the National Register of Historic Places application, “The Bishop William Wallace Duncan House, built ca. 1886, exemplifies the Queen Anne style of architecture. Duncan was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was an active leader in the fields of education and religion. The house’s design was produced by Gottfried L. Norrman, a well-known Swedish born, Danish and German trained architect who practiced in Spartanburg and Atlanta. Built upon a brick basement, the two-story building has clapboard and cedar shingle siding laid in staggered butts. Asymmetrical in design, it has a high-pitched roof of many angles pierced by six chimneys. Significant architectural details include a decorative mosaic tile front porch landing, five large chimneys, the front one featuring a terra cotta cartouche containing the Duncan family crest, a massive wood shingle-clad cylindrical tower, stained glass and Queen Anne block glass windows, and a host of interior details such as oak paneling, spindle friezes and screens, a massive stone chimneypiece in the central hall, decorative wood mantels with overmantels and a staircase. Listed in the National Register July 12, 1976. The Bishop William Wallace Duncan House was moved from its original location at 249 N. Church St. to its present location on 300 Howard St in November 1999.”

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Home of Z. L. and Nanaline Madden-Spartanburg, South Carolina Educators

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Built in 1867, this home is the oldest in the Converse Heights Historic District in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It served as the long-time home of educators Zephaniah (Z. L.) (1888-1977) and Nanaline (1900-1998) Madden. Z.L. Madden was a noted educator in Spartanburg. He taught at Freemont School for fifteen years. He then served as principal of Cleveland Junior High School. He retired in 1954. The Z. L. Madden Elementary School was named after him. He lived here until his death in 1977.

Nanaline Madden was a noted kindergarten teacher. The local newspaper, The Spartanburg Herald-Journal, frequently mentioned classes meeting in the home and taught by Mrs. Madden. According to a 1991 article, she taught 1,105 students in 29 years at home. She was an active member of various civil and social organizations in Spartanburg. She was named Woman of the Year by the Spartanburg Garden Club Council for the 1959-1960. Mrs. Madden lived in the home for many years after her husband’s death.

-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.

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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.