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Ashburn Commerical District National Registration of Historical Places application.pdf
Ashburn Commercial Historic District - Along Main Street, roughly between Murray and Monroe Avenues of Ashburn, GA 31714

Application - 12 pages
Photos - 10 images

Ashburn Com. Hist. District Application Photo - 1 of 10 - Streetscape view of…

1995 Aug 2  - FAF -  spirit of the south festival name.jpg
Spirit of the South is the name for the planned Turner County festival. Shirley Whiddon suggested the name.

The festival will be in March, 1996 and is planned to involve all parts of Turner County...

The committee set up a festival checking…

1996 Jul 3 - Turner County Flag.jpg
"The Turner County Flag had a blue background with Georgia in White and Turner County a solid color within the state."

1996 Dec 18 - TC Blankets.jpg
The historic throws of Turner County, feature several historic and memorable scenes of Turner County have arrived. The throws are available in background colors of green, cranberry and blue and are $50.00...

Bird's Eye View - from Courthouse - 1924.jpg
Buildings of note:

The building in the bottom right corner is the Shingler Building, built in 1914.

The bottom left building was the second post office but in 1926, became the new location of the Ashburn Bank.

The water tower and smokestack…

1970 March 26 - Integration - Academy Calls Meeting here.jpg
The new school venture, The Turner County Academy, requires 150 students minimum to be enrolled or the "plans for a private school will be considered dead."

"'Quite frankly, the outlook is bleak,' a spokesman for the board said after its meeting…

1970 Mar 5 - Integration - March 12 is deadline for registration for private school slated at Rebecca.jpg
"March 12 is the final date for enrollment of a student in Turner County Academy, the proposed private school here which will begin operation Sept. 1."

Tuition is $500.

It was voted to purchase the former Rebecca School from Charles Wideman of…

View from Turner County Courthouse Bell Tower after 1912.jpg
Ashburn Methodist Church far upper left and Ashburn First Baptist Church far right.

Ashburn-Historical-Driving-Tour_10-1024x683.jpg
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…

Wirergrass-Farmer-1903-768x1024.jpeg
Location: 109 N Gordon St., Ashburn, Ga

The Wiregrass Farmer building was designed by Peter E. Dennis of the Dennis & Dennis firm of Macon, Georgia in 1903. It was constructed on the instructions of town pioneer and Ashburn entrepreneur John…

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Construction Date: 1907
Location: 219 E. College Avenue, Ashburn, Georgia
National Register Information System ID #: 80001247, registered 9/18/1980
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