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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2832_boiling-springs-primitive-baptist-church_Alpharetta-GA.html
In November 1837 fen original members chartered the Articles of Boiling Springs Primitive Baptist Church, the first church of its denomination in North Georgia. The original church was a log structure. The first pastor was John Wayne. Solomon Peek…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM282T_john-b-broadwell-house_Alpharetta-GA.html
John B. Broadwell was the great grandson of Jesse Broadwell, an early (1838) settler of the area. Jesse obtained four land lots (160 acres) in Crabapple. John was an agriculturalist who developed prize-winning Broadwell Big Boll cotton (aka Double…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM282O_willis-cass-tucker-jr-home_Alpharetta-GA.html
This clapboard house was built in 1899 by Willis Cass Tucker, Jr., and his wife Dealphia Jane Wheeler on an original 40-acre land lot from the 1832 lottery of Cherokee Indian lands. It typifies turn of the century Georgia farmhouses. Tucker sold i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM282N_summit-school_Alpharetta-GA.html
Near this location stood the Summit School, one of the earliest public schools in rural Milton County. In 1895, A.S. Cantrell and John Cowart donated one acre each to the Trustees of the Summit School to erect a public school house. In 1908, The T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM227W_spence-house_Alpharetta-GA.html
Farmers Bascom and Oma Spence purchased this 19th century farmhouse in 1918. Their families had lived in North Fulton and Forsyth Counties since the 1840s. The house sits on tree trunks cut on the property. Two wings were later added and the most …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1552_alpharetta-hotel-site_Alpharetta-GA.html
The property was the original location of the Alpharetta Hotel built by Bob Webb in 1908.
The hotel was torn down in the 1970's. It once housed a Boarding House for single school teachers which was operated by Lillian Teasley. It was the home …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1404_future-farmers-of-america-log-cabin_Alpharetta-GA.html
Over one hundred members of Milton High School's Future Farmers of America built this rustic cabin. Teacher P. L. Elkins provided seed money and oversight for the project. The purpose of the project was to give the young men an opportunity to lear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1403_future-farmers-of-america-log-cabin_Alpharetta-GA.html
Over one hundred members of Milton High School's Future Farmers of America built this rustic cabin. Teacher P.L. Elkins provided seed money and oversight for the project. The purpose of the project was to give the young men an opportunity to learn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12WT_alpharetta-business-district_Alpharetta-GA.html
One South Main Street housed a general merchandise store operated by J.A. Oliver until 1920. Later it became Jones Grocery, Lively Grocery and Talmage Burgess Grocery. In the mid 1950s, Phillips Variety Store opened. Three South Main Street has ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12WR_alpharetta-business-district_Alpharetta-GA.html
South of Jones Alley buildings have housed many businesses including A.G. Carroll store, Shirley Brothers Mercantile c. 1910, Jones Merchandise c. 1914, Teasley Ford Motor dealership, Milton County Bank c. 1910, Q.A. Wills Merchandise, Louie E. Jo…