An Older Home in Walker County

Charlie Sewell

Lonely Old House near Chickamauga

Andy Sarge

An Old Farmhouse in Walker County

It has a slightly dinged up porch.
Andy Sarge

Lee and Gordon's Mill in Chickamauga

Glenda Young Riddiough

Still Used Barn with a View in Walker County

Andy Sarge

Old Store in Walker County

The sign on the old door says it's a man cave now.
Andy Sarge

Rock Spring United Methodist Church

 It was established prior to 1839 at a place called Rock Spring Methodist Episcopal Campground in Walker County. . At this time, they only met once or twice a year. In 1839 a group of men and women met and decided to build a church. Five acres of land was donated by a Mr. Satterfield to build a log church which was completed in the same year. In 1845 the region suffered from a bad drought and people held a meeting to pray for rain. One of the oldest and most committed members, William Conley, also known as Uncle Billy was called on to lead a prayer. The legend has it that his prayer was so powerful that a small cloud appeared in the west and grew and grew into a powerful storm with lots of rain that came and save the crops. In the late 1850s, the log church was replaced with a white frame church. This church survived the Civil War and thrived and grew until a new church was needed. The current structure you see here was built in 1907. Since then they have added other buildings but they still hold services at times in the old church.
Andy Sarge

Needing Help in Chickamauga

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The Former Villanow Country Store

It was originally known as Cavender's Country Store as it was originally owned by Joseph Warren Cavender. The claim that it was opened in this building in 1840 is in dispute as he was probably not even born yet. He served in the Confederate Army and after the war was employed by the US Governent to clean up and restore areas in the Chattanooga and Chickamauga area. He used the money he made to buy a bunch of land in what is now Villanow and in addition owned a cotton mill, blacksmith shop and buggy/wagon shop. For quite a while it was the center of this part of the valley but now little remains. The old store is now a home.
Andy Sarge

Elizabeth Lee UMC in Chickamauga

It was established in 1874 following a service under a brush arbor near where today's sanctuary stands. It was decided to build a church. Mr. James M Lee, father of church elder Tom Lee, was going to build a church for the community however, being a free mason, his lodge wanted to share a building they could both use so the first sanctuary was a joint project located just north of the present site and known as Chickamauga Methodist Church. This building stood on land donated by James M Lee. Around 1910 a new lot was purchased and that building was moved to the new lot. It proved inadequate for the growing congregation and the present lot was soon purchased and the current sanctuary (building on the right) was constructed 1913-1915. The building on the left, a Sunday School building was erected in 1940. I have not found when the church was renamed to Elizabeth Lee but it is a thriving and vibrant congregation with 6 buildings to the campus at this time.
Andy Sarge

Abandoned and Forlorn in Chickamauga

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The Gordon-Lee Mansion Located in Chickamauga

It was originally referred to as the Gordon residence. Construction began in 1840 and was not completed until 1847 due to labor and financial issues .It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Gordon-Lee House and is also known as the Gordon-Lee-Green House. Photo taken by Charity Kidd Lewis on 2-17-20
Info from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon-Lee_Mansion

The Chickamauga Prince Hall Masonic Lodge in Walker County

 Circa 1924. It is an African Masonic Lodge and still active. The last active African Lodge in the area.
Andy Sarge

Chickamauga Presbyterian Church in Walker County

 It was established in 1910. They then or shortly after purchased the Universalist Church sanctuary which was constructed in 1898 and moved it to its current location on West 7th and it is still active today.
Andy Sarge

Still Standing in Walker County

Charlie Sewell

David Ashley Jewell House in Chickamauga

The other day I erroneously posted this as the Gordon Lee Mansion in Chickamauga. I had it taken down when I realized I had it wrong. This is actually the David Ashley Jewell House in Chickamauga , circa 1913. Mr. Jewell, the son of the founder of a successful textile mill in Jewell Georgia came here in 1907 to build a mill closer to customers in the Chattanooga and North Georgia area. He founded Crystal Springs Bleachery and produced bleached bag goods. Later a cotton mill was added. At it's peak it employed 1,300 people and stayed in the family until 1967. It finally closed for good in 2013 and is still in the process of demolition.
Andy Sarge

Cove Methodist Episcopal Church in Walker County

 It was founded in 1872 a few miles southwest of where a terrible battle had taken place eight years before. Memories of that battle still troubled the local population when an acre of land was deeded for the new church. The first church lasted until this beautiful sanctuary was built in 1894 and still is there today in a peaceful, quiet setting. The full history is here;
https://www.hrcga.org/church/cove-methodist/
Andy Sarge

The Remains of a Filling Station in Rock Springs

The roof and stone walls are dead giveaways for a style of architecture that came about with the automobile and the introduction of the national US highway system.
Andy Sarge

Well Worn Barn in Walker County

 Andy Sarge

Late 1800s Home in Walker County

Charlie Sewell