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VALDOSTA, GEORGIA

 

LOWNDES COUNTY
Lowndes County was created by an act of the Georgia Legislature December 23, 1825, from lands previously in Irwin County.  It was named for William J Lowndes, a South Carolina statesman.  The first county officers commissioned May 29, 1826, were Henry Blair, Clerk of the Superior Court:  William Smith, Ordinary:  Norman Campbell, Tax collector:  William Hancock, Sheriff:  Malachi Monk.  Corner and Samuel M Clyatt, Surveyor.  The first state senator was William A Knight and the first representative was Jonathan Knight for Lowndes County.  Lowndes County has had three county seats:  Franklinville, Lowndesville (later changed to to Troupville) and Valdosta.
LOWNDES COUNTY COURTHOUSE
     
DOWNTOWN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA

TROOP ENCAMPMENT SITE
Company "G" One Hundredth Third Regiment of U S Colored Infantry, camped on this corner in January - February, 1860.

SITE OF COTTON EXCHANGE
This corner, Wall Street and West Hill Avenue, was the site of the largest inland Sea Island Cotton Market in the world in 1910.  Because of this cotton market, Valdosta was named the center of cotton production in South Georgia and was also rated the richest city per capita in the U S.  The railroads were the life line that connected Valdosta to its market centers and led to the economic growth of the town.
 

HISTORIC CHURCHES IN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
First Baptist Church First United Methodist Church
Pentecostal House of Prayer PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
Built in 1869 by the Valdosta Baptist Church, this is the oldest extant Church building in Valdosta.  The building was purchased by the Valdosta Primitive Baptist Church when it was constituted on January 28, 1899.
Christian Scientist Society

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
The Valdosta Episcopal Congregation, organized ca. 1871, held services in the courthouse until this building, originally a frame structure, was constructed in 1885. (Stucco was added in 1910.)  The first service was held here on February 21, 1886, and the church was consecrated December 1887.  The Christian Science Society acquired the property on June 1, 1952, after Christ Episcopal Church had moved into a new edifice on North Patterson Street in 1949.
Central Avenue Church of Christ
HISTORIC HOMES IN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA

VARNEDOE - SCOTT - MAU HOME
Owned 100 years ago by James Oglethorpe Varnedoe as a single story home, later moved by Luther Scott in 1906 to this site with a second floor addition, it is now being restored by Wendy Mau.  Restoration has reveled rare pine wainscoting and wide plank pine flooring.
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