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The prospering town of Dahlonega needed a suitable courthouse to replace the temporary log one. The well-known North Carolina carpenter and builder Ephraim Clayton was contracted for its construction. It was completed in 1836. For the next cent…
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Hall's Block was built between 1882 and 1883 by Captain Frank W. Hall to house his Merchandise Company, Captain Hall came to Dahlonega from Vermont in 1867 as a gold mining equipment salesman and engineer. He also served as a legislator, mayor, an…
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In memorial Lumpkin County Veterans of all wars 1775 — 1987 Presented by The people of Lumpkin County And Dahlonega - Lumpkin County VFW Post 5533 1987
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The first building on the site was a trading post (c. 1830) known as "the Bruce Stand." Sheriff John F. Sargent purchased the site in 1908 and razed the existing structure to build the present building, which opened as the Dahlonega Hote…
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When Dr. C.H. Jones erected this building as his drugstore in 1909 doctors dispensed their own medicine. Customers visited the soda fountain while awaiting their medicine. D.H. "Doc" Lipscomb opened Lipscomb's Drugstore here in 1922. …
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The Strickland House was built c.1882 by E.W. Strickland as his residence. It was later the family home of T.F. Christian, Clerk of Superior Court and cashier at the Bank of Dahlonega, and of Dahlonega's first woman Mayor, Mrs. Jessie Garner. The …
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A tavern & boarding house built on this corner in the 1840s was destroyed by fire in 1923. A gas station operated here in the 1930s and 40s. The Welch family, owners of the Smith House, purchased the vacant lot in 1964 and erected the present Ches…
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The Price Building was erected in 1897 by former Congressman W.P. Price to house Price & Son General Merchandise downstairs and Colonel Price's law offices upstairs. Later leased to various businesses, it was Dahlonega's first movie theater 1925-1…
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In 1935 W.A. Whitmire tore down and earlier frame structure and erected this building as a general merchandise store. When Don and Mary Miller purchased the property in 1976, they remodeled it as Mary's Mini-Mall and rented to a number of shops ov…
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Dr. Homer Head erected this building in 1910 to house his medical office upstairs and the Bank of Dahlonega on the main floor. The old bank vault and a rare cannonball safe are still visible. The structure is made of concrete blocks molded on the …
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