Bayou Building Address: 904 Broad Street Owner: Privately Owned History and Significance: Known most recently as the Bayou Bar and Eatery and gutted by fire in 2001, all that remains is the Broad Street and Ellis Street facades in this half of a double facade building. Sanborn Fire Insurance maps indicate the building was […]
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Kress Building Address: 832-838 Broad Street Owner: Privately Owned History and Significance: H. Kress, one of the nation’s most successful five and dime chain stores, was first opened in the 900 block of Broad Street in downtown Augusta in 1898. The current location at 832-838 Broad Street began operating as the Kress Department Store
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Mary Warren Home Address: 2109 Central Avenue Owner: Privately Owned History and Significance: Established in 1903, the Mary Warren Home was created to care for indigent women and children. As the need for care continued to grow, the organization was moved to 2109 Central Avenue in the Summerville Historic District in 1915. The property
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Daniel House Address: 448 Greene Street Owner: Privately Owned History and Significance: Believed to have been built circa 1875, this house was occupied in 1880 by Reuben B. Wilson, an Augusta grocer. Zachariah Daniel occupied the home by 1891, and it is generally known as the Daniel House. Daniel was also a successful grocer
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SAVED!! Historic Augusta is pleased that the revised site plan for the new IT building will no longer include the total demolition of the Court of Ordinary building. Only the northern additions will be removed, leaving the main building intact. The Augusta-Richmond County Historic Preservation Commission has again tabled the application regarding the construction and
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Organized 1872 Constructed 1886 Architect – Enoch William Brown Contractor – William Henry Goodrich Closed 1964 Entered into National Register of Historic Places 1978
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Paul Fitzsimmons Eve, native Augustan and a founder of the Medical College of Georgia, was a brilliant surgeon recognized internationally and a prolific writer. His war activities included aid to French, Italian and Confederate forces and service as Major Field Surgeon in the Polish Insurrection of 1830 – 31 against Russia. He followed the patriotic example of
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2013 Endangered Properties List Owner: Richmond County Board of Education History and Significance: Over the last few years, we have collectively listed historic neighborhood schools now considered surplus by the Board of Education. This year we include the Joseph R. Lamar School on Baker Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood. Located across from the Academy of Richmond County, the
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2013 Endangered Properties List Owner: Haines Alumni Association Occupant: Richmond County Board of Education History and Significance: The Cauley-Wheeler Building, completed in 1924, is located in the center of the campus of Lucy C. Laney Comprehensive High School. This historic building housed the primary school of Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, and was named for
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