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19th-Century Plantation House, Bath


Berlin Methodist Church, 1877, McBean

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Berlin Methodist Church Richmond County GA Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

This historic congregation dates to 1827.


Waynesboro Grocery Company, 1898

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Waynesboro Grocery Company Waynesboro GA Burke County Snow Drift Mural Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Waynesboro Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

This wholesale grocery building, a contributing structure to the historic district, is in real danger of being lost if not stabilized.


Haven Methodist Episcopal Church, 1888, Waynesboro

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Haven Memorial ME Church Waynesboro GA Sunset Through Broke Stained Glass WIndow Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Burke County freedmen organized Haven Academy in 1868 and after operating the school and church in a more utilitarian structure for 20 years, erected the present church building in 1888. It’s an important example of early formal architecture in the Georgia African-American community.

Haven Memorial ME Church Waynesboro GA Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Despite the positive attention brought to it by a National Register designation in 1996, it remains highly endangered.

Haven Memorial ME Church Waynesboro GA Side View Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

National Register of Historic Places


Melrose Hotel, 1905, Waynesboro

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Melrose Hotel Building Waynesboro GA Burke County Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places


Anthony Wayne Hotel, 1925, Waynesboro

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Anthony Wayne Hotel Waynesboro GA Landmark Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanihsing South Georgia USA 2014

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Originally built as the Arlington Hotel in the 1880s, The Anthony Wayne Hotel reopened after an extensive remodel in 1925. It has served as a landmark of downtown Waynesboro ever since, and today houses various businesses.


Automotive Garage, Waynesboro

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Waynesboro GA Early 20th Century Automobile Dealership Garage Service Station Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

A friend of mine remembers this being a working filling station (Phillips 66) in the 1970s. Judging by the architecture, I believe it may have originally been an automotive garage or dealership.


Liberty Street Storefronts, Waynesboro

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Waynesboro GA Liberty Street Storefronts Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places



Burke County Courthouse, 1857, Waynesboro

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Burke County Courthouse Waynesboro GA Antebellum Institutional Architecture Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Burke County’s historic antebellum courthouse is actually the fourth to serve the county. A log cabin built in 1773 first served this purpose, followed by a wooden courthouse built in 1777. After it burned in 1825, temporary facilities were used until a third courthouse was built in 1856. It burned soon thereafter and was replaced by this structure in 1857. Expansions in 1899 by architect L. F. Goodrich gave the courthouse its present appearance. To accommodate population growth, an annex (pictured below)  was completed by the Public Works Administration in 1940.

Burke County Courthouses Waynesboro GA Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places


Revitalized Historic Storefronts, Waynesboro

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Old Waynesboro GA Storefronts Restorations Commercial Architecture Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

This row of historic commercial storefronts is known as Old Waynesboro.


Colonial Revival House, Waynesboro

Greek Revival Cottage, Waynesboro

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Waynesboro GA Historic District Yellow Neoclassical Cottage Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

This house was one of my favorites in Waynesboro.

Waynesboro GA Burke County Historic District House Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014


Neoclassical Revival House, Waynesboro

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Waynesboro GA Neoclassical Architecture Historic House Cottage Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places


Steadman House, Circa 1917, Waynesboro

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Steadman House Waynesboro GA Mediterranean Revival Architecture Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

Waynesboro Historic District, National Register of Historic Places


Green’s Cut Methodist Church, 1901

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Greens Cut United Methodist Church Burke County GA Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

This historic church is the center of life in the Green’s Cut community.



Green’s Cut Store

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Greens Cut Community Burke County GA Country Store Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

This small general store is no longer open.


Hopeful Baptist Church, 1855, Burke County

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Historic Hopeful Baptist Church Burke County GA Antebellum Landmark Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

It’s thought that this church was built by David Demarest, the architect of Old Mercer Chapel in Penfield and the Greene County Courthouse in Greensboro. It certainly harkens to his mastery of Greek Revival architecture. The congregation of Hopeful Baptist dates to 1815, when a church was organized on the lands of Alexander Carswell’s plantation. Three smaller less formal churches predate this structure. The pulpit is at the entrance to the church, in contrast to the layout of most houses of worship. A member told me that this was to insure that every congregant would interact with the preacher. A small section at the rear was used as seating for slaves.

Historic Hopeful Baptist Church Burke County GA Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

National Register of Historic Places


Abandoned School, Gough

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Gough GA Burke County Old Schoolhouse Abandoned Funeral Home Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

The owner of the adjacent properties told me this was a funeral home for as long has he could remember.  The architecture suggests it was built as a school.


Abandoned Church, Gough

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Gough GA Historic Abandoned Church Photograph Copyright Brian Brown Vanishing South Georgia USA 2014

This old vernacular church. likely from the turn of the last century, is located on private property but can be seen from the road.


Clapboard House, Gough

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