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Friday, October 19
11 a.m.
– 4 p.m.
Registration
at the Elbert County Courthouse
12 South Oliver
The Elbert County Courthouse, designed by Reuben H.
Hunt of Hunt and Lamm, was built in 1893 in the
popular Richardsonian Romanesque style by L.L.
Stephenson.
1
p.m. – 5 p.m.
Elberton Ramble
Ramblers will see
The Historic "Memorial" Armory Auditorium, also
known on the National Register of Historic Buildings
as the "ROCK GYM," which has been saved from
demolition by the Elbert County Historical Society
and the Downtown Development Authority. Other Ramble
sites will include:
1. Elbert County Courthouse and Old Jail
2. Mainstreet Elberton
3. Granite Bowl On Church Street behind the
Courthouse
4. St. Mary’s Catholic Church,155 Forest Avenue
5. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 20 Forest Avenue
6. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church,109 Brookside Drive
7. Granite Museum, One Granite Plaza
8. Seaboard Airline Railroad Depot,100 Deadwyler
Street
9. Pin Point Tour of the Historic Downtown Elberton
area
10. Driving Tour of Mercantile District
5:30
p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
New Member and First-time Rambler Reception at the
Seaboard Airline
Depot
100 Deadwyler
Street
New members and first-time Ramblers are welcome to
mingle with Georgia Trust board members and mingle
with Board members, Trust staff, and other attendees
at this special reception.
6:30
p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Cocktails
and Dinner at the Luther Martin Heard Home
357 Heard Street
All Ramblers will
enjoy a steak dinner at the
Luther Martin Heard home, a Neoclassical house
designed by architect William E. Wallis and built in
1909 by B.R. Padgett & Sons.
Saturday, October 20
8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Check-in and Elberton Orientation
Elbert Theatre
100 South Oliver Street
Welcome by the Mayor Larry Guest
Historic Overview by Dr. Joyce Davis
10
a.m. – 5 p.m.
Elbert
County Ramble
Saturday’s Ramble
will include several examples of the Queen Anne
style architecture that became popular in the last
quarter of the nineteenth century. Among them will
be the W. C. Smith House, built in 1890 by a
prominent 19th century merchant; the Willis B. Adams
Home, built c. 1895; and the E. Allen Cason Home, c.
1918 which dons a cross-gabled roof and turret.
Other highlights include:
• Iris and Gene Anderson Home, 302 Heard Street, a
Colonial Revival
• Nancy and Wayne Childs Granite Home, 356 Heard
Street, a Dutch Colonial
• Judy Waters Home, 236 E. Church Street, a Queen
Anne home
• Jackson and Jenny McConnell Home, 248 E. Church
Street, a Queen Anne home
• Helen Turner Home, 120 Forest Avenue, an English
Tudor home
• James M. Hunt Home, designed in the Frank Lloyd
Wright style with three graduated levels to maximize
the topography of the landscape.
Drive-by Sites:
• Christmas Tree House
• Phillips House
• VanDuzer House
• Swearingin House
• Methodist Church Parsonage
• Stillwell School
12
noon – 2 p.m.
Lunch
at the First United Methodist Church, 132 Church
Street
132 Church Street
Enjoy lunch at this church, built
c. 1886 by Mickel and Turner, and dedicated in
July1889. The church is an eclectic mixture of
Gothic and Romanesque features and suffered
considerable storm damage in 1908 which led to an
extensive restoration completed in 1909.
2 p.m. – 4
p.m.
Bus Tours and
Driving Tours (Plans being finalized)
132 Church Street
Ramblers are invited to join two
bus tours. One will include the Granite Museum and a
local granite mine and shed for which Elberton is
famous. The second tour will be to Old Petersburg,
Heardmont Cemetery, Old Dan Tucker’s Grave, the
Nancy Hart Cabin, and Vans Creek Baptist Church.
Drive-by sites for the afternoon will include The
Guidestones, Coldwater Plantation, Veteran’s Park,
and Elmhurst Cemetery.
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