This vernacular Craftsman cottage was originally built circa 1914. It’s located adjacent to the Vandiver property. W. R. Woodruff writes: This is Reverend W. M. Dansby’s home. He rebuilt it in the 30’s or 40’s by himself after a boarder accidentally set it on fire.
Filed under --FRANKLIN COUNTY GA--, Lavonia GA
This was built by Ernest Vandiver, Sr., and was likely employee housing for his cotton seed business.
Filed under --FRANKLIN COUNTY GA--, Lavonia GA
This was part of Ernest Vandiver, Sr.’s, cotton seed business. Vandiver was the father of Governor Ernest Vandiver.
Filed under --FRANKLIN COUNTY GA--, Lavonia GA
Samuel Ernest Vandiver, Jr., (1918-2005) who was born in nearby Canon, served as Georgia’s 73rd governor from 1959-1963. During his administration, the archaic county unit system that gave local political bosses vast power, was ended. This was seen as a step forward for Georgia but angered many of its beneficiaries. Honesty and fiscal responsibility were hallmarks of Governor Vandiver’s term. After leaving the governor’s office, he practiced law, first in Atlanta and then back in Lavonia. His wife, Betty, was a niece of U. S. Senator Richard B. Russell.
Filed under --FRANKLIN COUNTY GA--, Lavonia GA
This house was built for the manager of the Southern Cotton Oil Company. It’s on a busy section of the Augusta Highway and a lot zoned for business and therefore endangered. It has great Arts & Crafts stained glass window panels throughout.
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Dr. Freeman was a medical doctor who also owned a drug store in Lavonia.
Vickery Street Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
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This began as a simple Georgian cottage and may be earlier than noted. Thomas Allison, an early Lavonia mayor and bank president, was the first owner. The Victorian posts were added in the late 19th century.
Vickery Street Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --FRANKLIN COUNTY GA--, Lavonia GA
Dr. A. G. Jones came to Lavonia in 1887 and built this house soon thereafter. It was the first house built on this section of Jones Street.
Jones Street Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
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Jones Street Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --FRANKLIN COUNTY GA--, Lavonia GA
The Lavonia Methodist-Episcopal Church was organized between 1878-1880. It first met in the Joe Vickery Store until building its first permanent home a few years later. A second church was built in 1907 and replaced by the present structure in 1948. Roy E. Hitchcock, who collaborated on numerous facilities at the University of Georgia, was the architect.
Filed under --FRANKLIN COUNTY GA--, Lavonia GA
