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Whitesburg, Georgia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Whitesburg and The Railroad Whitesburg in southeastern Carroll County is located along the Chattahoochee River between McIntosh Reserve, Banning and Wolf Creek. In 1873, the town of Whitesburg became the first rail center of Carroll County when construction of a rail line was delayed while rock was excavated. The town was named in honor of Andrew J, White, an official of the railroad who was well liked by the townspeople. Freight was shipped from Savannah to Whitesburg and delivered to town and communities allover the West Georgia area. Today this depot is used for an antique shop. The original town eventually had 13 business houses, a stagecoach  business operated by W. H. Baker, a depot, a school, Baptist and Methodist churches, a restaurant, a saw mill and three taverns.  The Whitesburg Depot above is no longer used by the railroad and is now used as an antique store.

Church in Whitesburg, Ga

 

 

 

Text Box: Whitesburg's Two Churches Most of the original structures in Whitesburg are now gone except two churches and the depot. The Whitesburg Baptist Church on Main Street was built in 1875-1876. Its Gothic Revival style arched windows and front entrance, and interior  make it architectural and historically significant for its time. In 2003, this church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The original Whitesburg Methodist Church was a wooden structure which was destroyed by fire in 1912. By 1913, a beautiful little brick church building was built just across the railroad tracks. It is unique in that the two outside front entrance ways are still visible.  

 

   

 
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