Sep 22, 2025
W Gordon Avenue, Albany, Georgia.
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W Gordon Avenue, Albany, Georgia.
W Gordon Avenue, Albany, Georgia.
Broad Avenue Elementary-An Albany Place in Peril
Broad Avenue Elementary was built in the 1930s and was open until 2005. It was abandoned until 2019 when the nonprofit organization Southwest Georgia Rising purchased it in hopes of turning it into a rural innovation center. In 2024, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation included it in its annual list of Places in Peril. The brickwork and details highlight construction not seen in modern…
Samuel Farkas House of Albany, Georgia
The Second Empire House is on Broad Avenue, on the edge of downtown Albany. Built in 1889, it was built for Samuel Farkas, a Hungarian immigrant who came to the United States to work for his uncle, who was setting up dry goods stores in Albany. He became a successful businessman, and his wealth was estimated to be over $350,000 (almost $11 million today) when he died in 1915.
The Lustrons of Albany, Georgia
Sidney and Mary Phillips House-Desert Tan Albany, Georgia, is home to the state’s largest remaining Lustrons. There are eight homes, all in the M02 style. According to The Macon Telegraph, Tom Malone and Deming Whiting erected the first Lustron in Albany, Georgia, in May 1949. The home was shipped from the Columbus, Georgia Lustron Corporation. William and Ann Wangen House-Desert Tan The…
The Horace King Bridge House of Albany, Georgia
Horace King was an accomplished builder and architect. He is known for his bridges, but he also designed other buildings. The Albany Bridge House was built by King in 1858. King was born into slavery but was granted privileges to build around the South. Albany’s founder, Nelson Tift, hired him to build a bridge across the Flint River. The bridge was built with an adjoining bridge house to serve…
The Success Story of Bartow F. Powell in Albany, Georgia
A yellow folk Victorian is located on W. Whitney Avenue in Albany, Georgia, on a historic street that stands out among the more recently built homes and apartment buildings. Whitney Avenue was the epicenter of the Albany Civil Rights Movement. The Shiloh Baptist Church, Mount Zion First Baptist Church, and the Albany Civil Rights Institute are on the same block as the house. Always curious about…
The Bell Sister Monuments
The Bell Sister Monuments
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia Fannie (1880-1891) and Willie (1876-1880) Bell were sisters who never met. Little Willie died only a couple months before Fannie was born. These monuments illustrate how much loss some families could face in short time due to childhood diseases in accidents. Approximately 32% of all children in the US would pass away before the age of 5 in 1885. Cholera, yellow…
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