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LANDMARKS LOST

Many landmarks, once important in Murray's daily life, have disappeared forever.

In this Murray County Museum, we hope to collect pictures of landmarks that no longer exist so we, and future generations, can maintain contact with our heritage.

The following photographs depict such landmarks that have been lost. (This is just a start and we expect this collection to grow over time.) Eventually we also expect to have more detailed historical facts about many of the buildings included here.

Anyone willing to share photographs of Murray County landmarks that have been lost, please email murraymuseum@aol.com indicating what you have. We especially need pictures of old businesses, cotton gins, grist mills, churches, schools, and early homes.

Click on any landmark below to see a picture. To return to the list of landmarks lost, click the back-page button.

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Keith Home, Tennga. Built before 1918. Nana Lee Keith Davis lived in the house for 55 years. Demolished in 1975.

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T. H. Keith Store, Tennga. Built in 1934 by Tom Keith for $2,800. After Tom's death in 1951, his son, T. H. Keith, Jr., and daughter, Nana Lee Keith Davis, ran the store until it closed in 1984. Demolished in 1988.

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Keith Store in Little Murray. Tom Keith and two of his brothers owned the store, which operated 1898 - 1908.

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Tennga Garage, Tennga. Picture is from 1920s. Building was torn down.

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Tennga School was built in 1919. Replaced in 1935. See also next picture.

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Tennga School was built in 1919. This sketch, by Clarence Pritchett. See also the preceding picture.

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Chable Grist Mill, Jack's River, Alaculsey.

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First Center Valley Methodist Church, believed built before 1840. Destroyed by a tornado on April 3, 1880.

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Second Center Valley Methodist Church, built in 1880s, used till 1952.

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Murray County Memorial Hospital, 32-bed facility, opened 1950, closed 1975, when newer hospital opened.

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Cohutta Springs Hotel. Shown here in 1937.

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Dr. J. E. Bradford's Home, eastern edge of Vann House property. Shown here in 1954.

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Chatsworth Pressed Brick Company. Opened 1905. Name changed to Chatsworth Clay Manufacturing Company. Closed about 1929.

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Eton High School, built in 1909, burned in January, 1937.

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp at Chatsworth. 1939 photo. From left, building in rear is Education Center, in front of that building, the Orderly Room, middle-rear is Park Service Office, the Woodwork shop in front of it, and the Supply Room is up front-right of picture. See next two photograph for remainder of the camp.

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp at Chatsworth. 1939 photo. At left, the Recreation Hall & Canteen, behind that building is Barracks-1, middle of picture is Barracks-2, and right side of picture is Barracks-3. See preceding and following photos for remainder of the camp.

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp at Chatsworth. 1939 photo. At left is Barracks-4, at back in the middle of picture is the Mess Hall. The Foremen's Quarters is in front of the picture. The Dispensary is between the Foremen's Quarters and the Mess Hall. See preceding two photos for remainder of the camp.

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Pleasant Valley Academy, built in 1890s. In 1909 students began to attend classes at the new Eton High School.

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The Print Shop at New Echota, where the Cherokee Phoenix was published.

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Lucy Hill Institute at Spring Place. Built 1900, dismantled 1930.

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Murray County Courthouse at Spring Place. Built 1886, torn down 1950s.

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Spring Place Gym, built with materials from the Lucy Hill Institute. Burned 1960s.

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Spring Place Presbyterian Church. Built in 1850s. Torn down in 1930s.

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Spring Place Baptist Church. Built 1895, dismantled in 1955.

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Spring Place Post Office. There was a post office at Spring Place long before there was a Murray County. This last post office closed in 1957.

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Carl Davis Store at Spring Place, on the southeast corner at intersection of Elm Street and Ellijay Street from 1922 to 1953. Was torn down.

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Chatsworth High School was built 1923. Destroyed by fire after being struck by lightning in 1934.

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First Baptist Church of Chatsworth. Built 1909. When removed?

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DeSoto Hotel Built1907. Demolished1950s(?).

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Brown's Bridge was built in 1890 over the Conasauga River. It was removed 1976-77.

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Treadwell Mill operated at the Conasauga River on Highway 76 (the road to Dalton) from 1881 to 1921.

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Sumach Seminary Built in1881. Taught primary, secondary and junior college level courses and had dormitories for students from outside the immediate area. Building Burned in 1921.

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Chatsworth Methodist Church Officially First United Methodist Church of Chatsworth. Built in 1907(?). Torn Down (?)

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Crandal Depot was built in 1904. The building was dismantled in the 1940s and the lumber was used to build 2 houses.

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Mountain View Hotel burned 1913.

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Green Acres was the summer home of Dr. & Mrs. John W. Greene who lived in Atlanta.

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Mountain View was more commonly called The Green Mansion. Built near Chatsworth in1893, the house burned in 1982.

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Phillips House near Crandall. 1900-1952.

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Chable Bridge in Alaculsey area

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Andy Campbell's Store in Alaculsey Valley

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Cohutta Springs Grist Mill and Dance Hall

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Were consolidated into Murray County High School in 1934, the Colvard Building became an elementary school. The building burned in 1940.

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Murray County Flour Mill at Eton opened around 1908.

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Fort Mountain Institute opened in the early 1870s. By early 1880s it was being called Fort Mountain School. In 1952 this school closed and students began attending classes in Chatsworth. Building was torn down in 1950s.

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Another view of Fort Mountain School.

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Tickle Gizzard School was on the Spring Place-Tilton Road. The original one-room school, which was probably built in the 1870s, burned in 1889. A new structure was built. After the school was combined with another to create Hooker's Academy, the school building became a residence but eventually was torn down.

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Gregory Mill operated over a century near Cohutta Springs. Census records indicate that in 1879 the mill produced 270,000 pounds of corn meal and 66,000 pounds of feed from corn. Mill was torn down in 1937.

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The Sam Harris home in Sumach also housed the Sumach Post Office after Nannie Harris was named Postmistress in 1898. House was dismantled in early 1980s.

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William Hassler operated a mill east of present-day Eton before the Cherokees were forcibly removed and Murray County was created. The last mill bearing the Hassler name was torn down in 1927.

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J. L. Parker's General Merchandise Store in Chatsworth, 1920s.

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The Ramhurst Depot was built 1904-05. The Railroad also built dwellings for the section foreman and a duplex for railroad men. A pump-house on the creek filled the water tank to supply the steam engines. This photo was taken when the depot was about 10 years old. The depot was torn down around 1940.

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The floor plan of the Ramhurst Depot. At that time laws required separate waiting rooms for white and colored passengers.

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The Summerour House near Cohutta Springs was probably built in the 1830s. During the War Between the States, Union forces briefly held the house, allegedly riding their horses through the center hall. It was torn down in 1980.

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Tibbs Bridge was named for William H. Tibbs. The first Tibbs Bridge probably was built in the 1880s. It was replaced by a steel bridge between 1913 and 1918. The steel bridge was replaced by a concrete structure around 1980.

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Eton Baptist Church, built 1906, torn down 1990.

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Smyrna Baptist Church, Ramhurst, built 1904, torn down 1955.

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Mt. Zion Methodist Church, in use 1848 to 1963.

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Free Hope Baptist Church, built around 1900, torn down in 1950s.

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Cool Spring Baptist Church, in use 1911-1951.

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Cisco Train Depot

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George McHan home at Gladden Springs. A "dog-trot" house with an open hallway through the middle of the structure, originally home of the Gladden Family.



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