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Bowdon College

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Old Bowdon College was located in Bowdon, Georgia. This institution was in existence from 1957-1936 and was the 5th charter college in the State of Georgia. To view the Bowdon College slideshow Click on the link below.
 

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Bowdon "The Friendly City"

 

 


Text Box: Methodist Protestant Church      Bowdon Area Historical Society The last remaining structure from the old Bowdon College Campus 1857-1936 is the Bowdon M. P. Church,  the third chapel on this site. It has been restored by the Bowdon Area Historical Society and is used as their headquarters. Today this historic church is called the Meeting Place and is open by appointment.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Text Box: The Shelnutt House This dogtrot house now rests beside the Meeting Place, and is considered Bowdon's oldest residential structure. Judge Nathanial Shelnutt, one of Bowdon's founders, built it in 1849. Numerous families have lived in this house over the years, and since 1975 it has been moved 4 times. Today it serves as a museum on Bowdon history. Text Box: The Bowdon Inn Dr. Robert M. Lovvorn, a physician, architect , and Baptist minister built this house in 1877. It is a excellent example of the Queen Ann Victorian Style of architecture. The interior is entirely wood featuring Charles Westlake design woodwork.  It has also been used as a boarding house, a hotel, and bed and breakfast; and is once again a single family home. The house is also known for its ghost and is featured in the book Georgia Ghosts by Nancy Roberts.  

 

 

 

Text Box: First United Methodist Church Prior to the founding of Bowdon, Nathaniel Shelnutt donated land to help establish the Bowdon Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1850.  This 1909 building is Neo-Gothic in the English style,  with the sanctuary in the shape of a cross. The property was a common burying gSround for all early inhabitants, both black and white.

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