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Friday,
October 3
1 p.m.
– 6 p.m.
Registration
at the Senoia United Methodist Church, c. 1896
229 Bridge Street,
Senoia (Bridge and Seavy Streets)
1
p.m. – 6 p.m.
Historic
Senoia
Ramble
See “preservation
in progress” as you tour the beautiful town of
Senoia, which is currently being returned to its
pre-1900s grandeur, led by Historic Development
Ventures, a company of Riverwood Studios. Other Ramble
sites will include:
• Travis-Price home, 348 Seavy Street
• Hollberg Hotel, now known as The Veranda, 252 Seavy
Street
• Brandenberg-Merrick home, 163 Seavy Street
• Presbyterian Church-Smoak House, 386 Pylant Street
• The Culpepper House, 35 Broad Street
• Maguire's Family and Friends, an Irish pub
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Tour the
Historic Mary Ray School
Visit the historic schoolhouse
that once served the community of Raymond as a
grammar school. When the county schools were
consolidated, the building became the Raymond
Community Center from the 1950’s to the mid 1980’s.
Vacant since then, the school has been nominated for
The Georgia Trust’s 2009 Places in Peril.
7
p.m.
Cocktails and Dinner at The Magnolias Plantation
101 Bill Hart
Road
All Ramblers will
enjoy cocktails and dinner at The Magnolias
Plantation, home of George Johnson and Morris
Steward.
Saturday, October 4
9
a.m. – 10 a.m.
Check-in and Newnan-Coweta Orientation
Wadsworth Auditorium
25 Jefferson Street, Newnan
Enjoy breakfast provided by Main Street Newnan and
join other Ramblers for the Newnan-Coweta
Orientation at the award-winning Wadsworth
Auditorium, built during the 1930’s in the Art Deco style.
10
a.m. – 5 p.m.
Newnan-Coweta County Ramble
Saturday’s Ramble
through intown Newnan will include the 1890
Parrott/Camp/Soucy/Trammell House, the 1840 Major
Long House, the 1903 Wynn House, and the Male
Academy Museum. North of Newnan is the Yancey
Compound, which includes a c. 1860’s house and two
log cabins; and Oak Grove Plantation, the
beautifully restored c. 1840’s Arnold home and
gardens that have been featured in national
magazines.
Other highlights include:
• Preservation Trust House, 101 East Broad Street
• Young House, 79 East Broad Street
• Landrum House, 75 East Broad Street
• Major Long House, 21 LaGrange Street, Georgia
Trust Award Winner
• Wynn House, 34 Spring Street, Georgia Trust Award
Winner
• Glover House, 19 Temple Avenue
12
noon – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch at The History Center
60 East Broad
Street
Enjoy lunch at the former Atlanta
and West Point Railroad Depot. The c. 1892 building
now holds exhibits that interpret the early history
of Coweta County through the middle of the 20th
century.
6 p.m. – 7
p.m.
Cocktails and
Dinner at Powers Plantation Site and Moss Oak
121 and 80
Charlie B. Johnson Road
Tour the c. 1790 plantation house
and grounds listed on the National Register of
Historic Places; enjoy carriage rides around the
scenic grounds, which include a folk art gallery and
historic rural area cemetery.
Sunday, October 5
9
a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dunaway
Gardens and Roscoe Ramble
Tour the
beautifully restored Dunaway Gardens, which was once
the theatrical training ground for performers,
producers and directors during the 1930’s and
1940’s. Other sites include CORRAL, a therapeutic
riding program located in the Wayne P. Sewell c.
1930 barn and the ancestral home of Andrew Sewell
(Sewell/Cohen) built c. 1880.
Other highlights include:
• Dottie Cohen House, 91 Oliver Potts Road
• Scenic Drive through Roscoe
11
a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Brunch
at
Sewell's Pecan Orchard
21 Oliver Potts Road
End your journey through
Newnan-Coweta with a delicious brunch at Sewell's
Pecan Orchard. Travel back home along the scenic
byway.
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