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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QF_the-bottom-village_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
The "Bottom" residential village, built in the mid-1930s, was the first housing project developed by Henry Ford for his employees in the Ways Station (later Richmond Hill) area. The name originated from the fact that the area had been a swamp or a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Q7_canaan-church_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
The congregation of the Canaan Baptist Church, primarily African-American, was organized in 1913 by Rev. David Boles, Sr., who was pastor, and Brother Fred Gilbert, Deacon. It was the only organized denominational church in what is now Richmond Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14J2_j-f-gregory_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
For nearly 20 years, J. F. (Jack) Gregory was the general manager and superintendent for all of Henry Ford's various operations in and around Ways Station, later Richmond Hill. Serving for Ford from the 1920s until 1946, Gregory oversaw the activi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TZ_kindergarten-building_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
This structure was built in 1940 by Henry Ford to serve as a kindergarten for the children of Ways Station-Richmond Hill during the Ford era. The building included a kitchen and two large classrooms to accommodate children aged three years to six.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10T0_ways-station_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
In 1856, the Savannah, Albany & Gulf R.R. was built across the nearby Ogeechee River into Bryan County. Near this site a train depot was built, which came to be known as "Ways No. 1 ½" for William J. Way, the first station master and a local …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RT_burnt-church-cemetery_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
Near this site in 1830 the Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church was established, being the oldest organized congregation in Bryan County. The church served the numerous planter families of lower Bryan, which had become one of the most productive agricul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10R5_george-washington-carver-school_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
On these grounds in 1939, Henry Ford built a school to serve the educational needs of the African-American children of lower Bryan County. Professor Herman Cooper was appointed as the Principal when the school opened later that year, originally wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10R3_martha-mary-chapel_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
Henry and Clara Ford had this chapel built in 1937 near the Community House and the Ways Station School. The chapel was named for the mothers of Henry Ford (Mary) and Clara Ford (Martha). Students from the nearby school utilized the Martha-Mary Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10OO_community-house_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
Outside of their expansive home on the Ogeechee River, this is the single most imposing structure built by Henry and Clara Ford during their sojourn in Richmond Hill from 1926 to 1951. Built by local labor in 1936 near the Ways Station School, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NX_bryan-neck-missionary-baptist-church_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
Organized in 1869, this is the oldest African-American church congregation in lower Bryan County. The first structure for the church, a Prayer House, was built in 1870 on this site near the white Presbyterian Church (Burnt Church). London Harris, …