Brick Store (Covington, Georgia)
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| Nearest city | Covington, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 33°36′4″N 83°44′42″W / 33.60111°N 83.74500°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1821 |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000186[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 9, 2009 |
Brick Store is a historic building in Covington, Georgia. It was built in 1821 and served as a focus point for the community, also known as Sun Up, Georgia, Mt. Pleasent, Georgia or Brick Store, Georgia.[2] It has been a general store, stage coach stop, post office, school house, courtroom, jail and residence for Martin Kolb.[2] The first session of Newton County Superior Court was held at the Brick Store.[2] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 2009. The building is owned by the Trustees of the Newton County Historical Society[2]. It is located on U.S. Route 278 at Old Social Circle Road.
The site includes a tablet from 1933 commemorating the Stage Coach Crossroads,[3] a plaque commemorating the building's donation by Charles M. Jordan of the building to the Newton County Historical Society in 1971[4] and a plaque from the landmarks commission dated 1990.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c The Brick Store (from sources including Newton County Historical Society Archived May 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine and Solomon Graves[dead link], [1]
- ^ "Granite Tablet". www.home.earthlink.net. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ The brick store
- ^ "Left Plaque". www.home.earthlink.net. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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