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pictured is a 1913 chain gang wagon located next to the old county jail. this interesting relic reminded me of the movie "cool hand luke". in the early 20th century many southern prisoners performed road work as part of their jail sentence. the term chain gang came from the fact that these workers wore leg irons to prevent escape.
Written Jan 4, 2009
Address: intersection e. central & s. sheridan streets.
Website: http://www.fitzgeraldga.org/
located just behind the ben hill county courthouse is the old ben hill county jail. this interesting building is worth a look when in downtown fitzgerald.
Written Jan 4, 2009
Address: intersection e. central & s. sheridan streets.
Website: http://www.fitzgeraldga.org/
pictured is one of many historic and architectually interesting homes in downtown fitzgerald. the neighborhoods just south of downtown has a varied collection of colonial, greek revival, and victorian style homes. because fitzgerald was founded in 1885 most of these structures are post civil war.
Written Jan 4, 2009
Website: http://www.fitzgeraldga.org/
pictured is an italiante building in downtown fitzgerald. the downtown town area has an interesting collection of art deco, beaux arts, gothic revival, italiante, and victorian buildings. for those interested in architecture and southern culture fitzgerald is worth a stop.
Written Jan 4, 2009
Website: http://www.fitzgeraldga.org/
the ben hill county courthouse was built in 1905 in the neoclassical style. the architect of the courthouse was h. h. huggins. what is unique about this courthouse is that there is no confederate civil war memorial. i would guess that since fitzgerald was founded after the civil war for union war veterans that is the reason for it's omission.
Written Jan 4, 2009
Address: intersection of e. central & s. sheridan streets
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fitzgerald is a small market town located at the intersection of GA 107 and GA 11 in south central georgia. fitzgerald is the county seat of ben hill county georgia. fitzgerald was founded in 1895 as...
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