This Classical Revival home was built by J.S. Shingler in 1916 for his sister-in-law, Mrs. Josie Baldwin. Construction costs totaled $2,500.00. This home was eventually sold to Judge W. A. Greer in 1919.…
This one-story, wood-framed building was constructed in 1932 by the City of Ashburn with the help of a public works program. The original purpose was to become a community and library space. However, a new library was built on donated Shingler land…
In 1926, Ashburn Bank moved to its second location, a newly constructed brick facility on the southwest corner of College and Gordon Street. Stained glassed windows were imported from a church in England and were installed in the new bank. The build,…
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 restaurant for travelers who frequented…
Tifton Machine Shop lifting the steeple in place with an extended boom. The boom tilts against the steeple base and another truck was tied to the front of the skidded so that the steeple could be set on the foundation.
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…
This Georgian-style home was built in 1896 by John Robert Patton (September 13, 1859 – March 20, 1898), as a gift for his wife Fannie McLendon Patton (September 23, 1869 – November 9, 1949). Apparently,…
405 Gilmore Street, stop #27 on the Ashburn Historical Tour, according to the tax records, was built in 1900. Previous information has said this home was built for the Gilmore family whom the street it sits on was named after. There are also rumors…
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…
NOTICE HOW THIS ~1909 POSTCARD RENDERING HAS THE NAME “SHINGLER BUILDING” AND THE “J.S. SHINGLER” MARQUIS. DUE TO A TIMING ISSUE, THE MARQUIS WAS ORDERED FOR WHAT WE KNOW AS THE MCKENZIE BUILDING BUT IT WAS NOT COMPLETED IN TIME. HOWEVER, IN 1914,…
Built around 1890, was once known as the Betts House because this three-story Queen Anne-style home was built by Ashburn entrepreneur John Samuel Betts (July 29, 1848 – April 25, 1918). The home boasts of pine hardwood flooring, 12-foot ceilings, 4…
The road was named for members of the Ray family who owned property on both sides of the road for many years. Family members who owned the property over time included Henry Ray, Earl Claude Ray, Earl Lamar Ray, Lillian Moore Ray, James Claude Ray,…
Azzie Martin of 342 W. Washington Avenue. in Ashburn, Ga
Female
Colored
Single
Date of Birth: 1/27/1911
Age 27 years, 1 month, 25 days
Profession: Cook
Date deceased last work at this occupation: 12/11/1937
Birthplace: Arabi, Ga
Father:…
"This girl was employed to cook a chicken supper on the night of Dec. 11, 1937 and according to court investigation the date of her death has not been determined. Her body was found in a lake near town about ninety days later but my opinion is that…