Habersham County Historical Society

01/28/2025

For those of you who've been to our ReStore - (and who hasn't been to our ReStore?), you know its not a "typical" store. At its foundation, its a Thrift Store whose sales go directly towards funding our Habitat Home Builds. Also, the vast majority of what's sold at the ReStore comes from donations of goods and items from individuals, community groups and businesses in the area. And, by the way it looks, you may think it resembles a chicken house...and you'd be correct in thinking that. But, there's history and a great story about how many came together - through their generosity, civic mindedness, passion for strengthening their community and desire to help others, and transformed an unused chicken house into a building with a Mission driven purpose...Habitat of NE GA's ReStore. Finally, here is a great article from The Northeast Georgian , (October 16th, 1990), about our ReStore's early beginnings. And for more information about our ReStore, please visit: https://habitatnega.org/the-restore/

Habersham History
Habersham County Historical Society

11/12/2024

We have someone looking for pictures and information about the one room schoolhouse that was on Stonepile. If you have any pictures, stories, memories, etc. please share in the comments!

05/10/2024

We had a wonderful time at the 2nd Annual area Historic Organizations collaboration meeting. Thank you to White County Historical Society for hosting and thank you to Clermont HS for getting all of us together. There were many wonderful ideas shared. We cannot wait till next year!!

White County Historical Society, Clermont Historical Society, Towns County Historical Society, Rabun County Historical Society, Regional African American Museum of Northeast Georgia, Inc.

03/22/2024

Join us for the organ restoration dedication. The organ was restored by the men and women of Standard Telephone Company (D. Stewart Swanson) in loving memory of Mr. Henry and Ms. Clara Davis of Clarkesville.

This event celebrates the rich history of Deas Chapel - originally an African Methodist Episcopal congregation.

Come out. Fellowship & Learn.

02/04/2024

01/13/2024

1956 picture of the "Yonah" RR engine being returned to the rr museum it was borrowed from for the Disney movie "The Great Locomotive Chase". This picture was in Cornelia. The 1956 movie was filmed mostly in Rabun County.

01/08/2024

Clarkesville Depot Tallulah Falls RR in 1960. The railroad was shut down in 1961. Our neightbor to the south in Habersham County.

01/05/2024

Piedmont University Invites the Community to Celebrate the Regional African American Museum on January 11 - https://mailchi.mp/227333f837b0/piedmont-university-invites-the-community-to-celebrate-the-regional-african-american-museum-on-january-11

05/10/2023

Come out and support our Laotian community - -- as they supported us during our 50th Year Golden Jubilee Celebration!

SATURDAY, May 20th: 10AM - 10PM (Performances 4 - 6PM)
SUNDAY, May 21st: 9AM - 8PM& 21st

Kimberly Lattanaxay

04/07/2023

Standard Telephone Company is LIVE on DLG!

"The Digital Library of Georgia has gone live with the first ‘digitized' archives of STC. Below is the web site. First, We will always be beholden to the ‘physical’ artifacts from STC and do what we can to preserve, share and display them in relevant ways. Now we release the creation of ‘digital twins’ of the physical artifacts that will reside in perpetuity at the Digital Library of Georgia and also the Digital Library of America. Anyone in the world with an interest in STC now has online access to the digital twins in essence creating a ‘digital STC museum'. These digital twins include the original STC charter, representative phone books from 1939-1999, A Vivid and Compelling Dream, Arms Across Ga, the Henry Davis Building, histograms, etc." --- Stewart Swanson

Telephone books, newsletters, and day-to-day records provide insight into the local practices of Standard Telephone Company and its leadership in hiring policies throughout the twentieth century.

04/05/2023

Thank you - Habersham200 cover artist - for making our 50th Year Golden Jubilee Celebration - Silent Auction a huge success!

-- Debby Satterfield