Thursday, September 8, 2016

Walnut Grove School


Now located at the Elisha Winn House in Gwinnett County.
This one-room 1875 school originally sat near Walnut Grove Church on today's Highway 124 (Braselton Road) near the Methodist Campgrounds. When it was no longer used as a school, the Davis family who had donated the original building materials had it moved in 1911 to their farm on Highway 124 near Lendon Lane and Highway 316, where it was used for a gristmill, carpenter and mechanic shop, and then a storage shed. Hamilton Davis donated the building to the Gwinnett Historical Society in 1985. In 1986 the society undertook its relocation and restoration to its 1875 appearance.
Randy Clegg

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