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Greene County Driving Tour
Pictured above are the Old Goal built in about 1807 and the Iron Horse located today on Hwy. 15.
Take a drive through history....
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Iron Horse - A 2,000 pound sculpture by Abbot Pattison was placed at the University of Georgia in 1954; it lasted on campus less than two days. After repeated attacks by students, it waspurchased by to an agriculture professor who placed it on his Greene County farm. [From "Early Hill" return to Hwy. 15 and turn left (north). Go 11 miles; the horse is on the right in a field just after you cross the Oconee River Bridge.]


Scull Shoals - (Warning: Gravel Road) Site of an early manufacturing town on the Oconee River. Once one of the largest communities in Greene County, it has only a few walls and foundations remaining. Settled before 1812, Scull Shoals had in the 1840's a larger water-powered cotton mill. Following closure of the mill, by the 1880's the town was rapidly decaying. Today a part of the Oconee National Forest, it has exhibits maintained by the Forest Service.


Penfield - This village began in the 1830's, when Mercer University was founded here. In 1871 Mercer was moved to Macon, but some of the college buildings and home remain. Penfield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.


Bethesda Baptist Church - Organized in 1785, the church has a name and building dating from 1818. One of the oldest churches in the interior of Georgia, it reflects its once wealthy plantation neighborhood. The church continues to be a active part of the community with services held weekly.
 
Union Point - This town developed from a railroad junction in 1834. In the late 1800's a hosiery mill and other industries located here. The town is known for its fine Victorian residential and commercial structures. Note the polygonal flower houses in some yards. Union Point is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Terrace Hotel - Facing the railroad and central business district, this hotel was built in 1875 to serve railroad passengers and tourists.
  • "Hawthorne Heights" - The most historic and imposing house in Union Point, it began in 1848 as a raised cottage. In the late 1800's the structure was enlarged along Greek revival lines. Its eight acre garden has many century-old plants, including a tea bush imported from Japan by Commodore Perry in 1854. PRIVATE.
  • Chipman Union Manufacturing Company - A historic hosiery mill complex of 20 buildings, dating 1897 to 1931. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The plant closed in October of 2001.
"Jefferson Hall" - This plantation house was built in 1830 with a railroad station front. Elliptical door lights are framed by a two-story Ionic portico. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now a private residence.


Bethany Presbyterian Church - Organized in 1786, the church as built its present structure in the 1880's with Italianate details. President Woodrow Wilson's uncle, Rev. James Woodrow, was tried for heresy here for teaching the theory of evolution.


Siloam - Originally named Smyrna, the town was noteworthy with Baptist and Presbyterian churches on Church Street. Southeast of Siloam on Hwy. 15 is the Heard-Carpenter House. On the National Register of Historic Places, the house (1830) has a log cabin (1810) a few feet away.


White Plains - This community was named for the grayish-white sandy soil thereabouts. There are several late 1800 Gothic Revival houses here. The Baptist Church was organized in 1806 and the current structure, erected 1887, is the fourth church building on that site. When the third building burned in 1886, the pulpit furniture, chandelier, and bell were saved. In the adjacent cemetery is the gravestone of a young woman who was fatally burned on stage at a fund-raising event in 1861. The stone reads, "Her bright and useful life was suddenly lost in aiding the cause of the Confederacy." (Stone is near tallest obelisk in old part of the cemetery.)


Liberty Methodist Church - The Liberty community had during the Civil War a basic training camp for the Confederate Army. Organized in 1786, the church is the oldest Methodist church in this section. The present building is Victorian with towers, erected in the 1890's. The church is still an active part of Greene County with services held weekly.


Greensboro - (Walking tour available.) The county seat of Greene County was founded in 1786. It has seen an Indian massacre, antebellum prosperity, war, defeat, and economic depression. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a multiple resource area of five historic districts and sevel individual sites.


Courthouse - An imposing red brick structure with four massive Doric columns, it was built 1848 - 1849, and houses a court room with many original features and some county offices. The third floor has always been used by the Masons of Greene County.


Old Gaol - This early county jail, built about 1807, is one of the oldest penal structures in Georgia. Its granite block construction and castellated battlements give a fortress-like appearance. [On East Greene St. in back of courthouse. Key available from Sherriff's office on East St.]


Virginia E. Evans Home - Houses a collection of artifacts, photgraphs, and manuscripts relating to the history of Greene County. Also is used as the office of the First United Methodist Church of Greensboro.


Post Office - Built in 1937, building has two of the last remaining Work Progress Administration (W.P.A.) murals in the U.S. Postal System. Painted in 1938 by a W.P.A. artist, the murals depict the history and activities of the area from Indians to industry of the 1930's. [Located at 115 South Main St.]
...... Denotes location of State Historical Marker.