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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTLD_holy-row_Norcross-GA.html
Sunset Drive, originally known as Church Street, and later "Holy Row" has a long and storied past. On November 5, 1875 Norman Flavius Cooledge, an educator, bought the parcel of land (currently the site of the Summerour House) on the corner of Nor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNFB_national-register-of-historic-places-city-of-norcross_Norcross-GA.html
The Norcross Historic District has been preserved as a 19th century railroad town, and its historical significance has been recognized by the U. S. Department of the Interior through its listing on the National Register of Historic Places on Novem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFEP_site-of-norcross-presbyterian-church-circa-1899_Norcross-GA.html
Originally chartered in 1833 by the Fairview Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, the church was originally located at the intersection of Beaver Ruin Road and Hopkins Mill Road on land donated by Thomas H. Jones and was known as the Goshen Presb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB2O_historic-baptist-church_Norcross-GA.html
On May 17, 1872, seventeen people convened in the Community House on Church Street or "Holy Row," now called Sunset Drive, in the fledgling town of Norcross. During the meeting, this inspired group organized The Baptist Church of Christ in Norcros…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM95L_brunswick-hotel_Norcross-GA.html
On this site in 1870, the Brunswick Hotel was constructed. The Hotel was three stories high with wide porches on the first two stories. It had 29 rooms and a restaurant. The Hotel was a destination spot for vacationing Atlantans wanting to escape …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8BD_thrasher-park_Norcross-GA.html
Norcross was chartered in 1870 through its founder, J.J. "Cousin John" Thrasher, and named for his good friend, Jonathon Norcross, the fourth mayor (1851) of Atlanta. "Cousin John" purchased tracts of land which he subdivided and sold as lots alon…