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Turner County Court House with Farm Bureau
Ashburn, Georgia. United States Ashburn Georgia, 1977. Ashburn, Georgia. Photograph.
Ashburn Bank Turner County Calendar
In 2000, Celebrating 100 years of business, Ashburn Bank (now known as Colony Bank) produced keepsake calendar featuring prominent Turner County Landmarks drawn by Minnie G. Brown.
Featured:
January - The original Ashburn Bank located on…
Featured:
January - The original Ashburn Bank located on…
Garrett's Dinette
Pictured is the building that was Garrett's Dinette which was owned by W.C. Garrett and Annie Belle Sellars Garrett.
To learn more about Garrett's Dinette, check out this interview with Donald…
To learn more about Garrett's Dinette, check out this interview with Donald…
Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church History
This was given out at the 2025 Haman family reunion on October 5, 2025.
Built a few years before 1896.
Built a few years before 1896.
Ray Lloyd TV
This building once held a grocery store, Sycamore Gas, and a TV business.
Second image is a postcard of the same buildings.
Marlyn Wilson Nelson reminisces:
"I got to visit to visit this drugstore a few times. These were special visits for me!…
Second image is a postcard of the same buildings.
Marlyn Wilson Nelson reminisces:
"I got to visit to visit this drugstore a few times. These were special visits for me!…
Turner County Hospital completed in 1953
Page A-14
# of Beds: 25
Opened: September 1953
Cost: $416,674.00
# of Beds: 25
Opened: September 1953
Cost: $416,674.00
The Evans House
Location: 420 S Main St., Ashburn, GA This home is known as the Evans House because this two-story Victorian home was built by Ashburn entrepreneur John West Evans (September 27, 1844 – January 16, 1904) and his wife Ella Bohannon Evans (December 27,…
Golden Peanut Christmas Star
Location: Golden Peanut, 304 W Washington Ave, Ashburn, GA
TURNER COUNTY FROZEN FOODS
Turner County Frozen Foods was built in 1947 by Grady M. Sconyers (1909-1968) and his wife Cortez Henderson Sconyers (1908-2000). They operated it until 1950 when he sold it to John Corbett.
Location: 1721 US Hwy 41, Sycamore, Ga
Location: 1721 US Hwy 41, Sycamore, Ga
W.A. Shingler Home
507 N. Main St.
Built in 1900 for William Andrew Shingler, cousin of J.S. Shingler, this is one of many Dennis & Dennis designed homes. This design firm located in Macon will pop up several times on the tour because Mr. Peter E. Dennis (1854-1929)…
Built in 1900 for William Andrew Shingler, cousin of J.S. Shingler, this is one of many Dennis & Dennis designed homes. This design firm located in Macon will pop up several times on the tour because Mr. Peter E. Dennis (1854-1929)…
The House by the Road
721 N Main St. in Ashburn, Ga
Built in 1919 by J.S. Shingler for his son Robert Royal Shingler. Within a few years, he married his distant cousin Lillian Hughes. In 1926, Lillian turned her home into a hospitality suite with lodgings and a…
Built in 1919 by J.S. Shingler for his son Robert Royal Shingler. Within a few years, he married his distant cousin Lillian Hughes. In 1926, Lillian turned her home into a hospitality suite with lodgings and a…
G.C. McKenzie home
765 N. Main St. in Ashburn, GA
Known as the Shingler House, this lovely home represents the Neoclassical Revival period. Constructed in 1908, the building features a multi-hipped, red tile roof, exposed rafters, and monumental portico. The porte…
Known as the Shingler House, this lovely home represents the Neoclassical Revival period. Constructed in 1908, the building features a multi-hipped, red tile roof, exposed rafters, and monumental portico. The porte…
Coastal Plains building
124 E. College Avenue in Ashburn, Ga
Built 1912 and used to be the post office building for Ashburn but became the second home of Ashburn Bank in 1926. The stained glass windows were bought from a church in England. Today, the building house…
Built 1912 and used to be the post office building for Ashburn but became the second home of Ashburn Bank in 1926. The stained glass windows were bought from a church in England. Today, the building house…
432 Raney St. in Ashburn, Ga
The first brick house in Ashburn, Ga. It was built by the Ewing family.
430 N. Main St. in Ashburn, Ga
Thomas John Shingler House. Shingler Heights Historic District’s only example of board-and-batten construction. The house has exposed rafters and rusticated concrete block porch posts as decorative features.
307 Phillips Avenue in Ashburn, Ga
Home of Clair McLendon, son of J.T. McLendon, this ornate Victorian home boasts of twelve foot ceilings and a huge open attic for heat dissipation during the hot summer months.
211 Phillips Avenue in Ashburn, GA
Once the home of Claud McLendon, son of J.T. McLendon.
315 E. College Avenue in Ashburn, Ga
Here is an example of a Dennis & Dennis designed home in Ashburn. It was built in 1916 at the request of pioneer J.S. Shingler for his sister-in-law, Mrs. Josie Baldwin. The house has a beautiful larger than the normal front door!
Construction…
Construction…
Pate's Grocery
Coordinates: 31°47'33.5"N 83°35'17.1"W
Located in Amboy, Ga
Located in Amboy, Ga
Waffle House Sunset
“I’ll take them smothered, covered, and chunked, please.”
Location: 745 E. Washington Ave, Ashburn, GA
Location: 745 E. Washington Ave, Ashburn, GA
Wynn Peanut & Sheller
Location: 37 N Labelle Avenue, Sycamore, GA
Monnie Street Peach Dream
Location: 737 Monnie St. in Ashburn, GA
The Claud McLendon home
Location: Phillips Ave in Ashburn, GA
The home of Claud McLendon built in 1908.
The home of Claud McLendon built in 1908.
