The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Cherokee people were indigenous to the area in which Lavonia is located. A sophisticated tribe that typically dwelled in cabins by the 18th century, the Cherokee joined with the British during the American Revolution. When the American colonists prevailed, their land was issued as bounty land to those who had fought in the revolution. As a result, European Americans began to move into the Lavonia area during the 1780s.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lavonia’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lavonia, decade by decade
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CommonsKeese House2024
CommonsLavonia Train Depot 12021
CommonsE. Main Street2021
CommonsGeorgia - Lavonia - Main Street2017
CommonsLavonia Yow-VandiverHouse2012
CommonsLavonia RollerMill 98952012
CommonsLavonia GroganSt 99072012
CommonsLavonia CottonSeedMill 98982012
CommonsLavonia CheekHouse 05642012
Commons반가움 Rest Area (Visitor Center I85) Georgia2009
CommonsGAMap-doton-Lavonia200528 historic places in Lavonia
Lavonia has 28 listings on the National Register, and they protect 144 historic buildings, because Vickery Street Historic District alone counts 34.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1983Cheek House
Listed 1983Keese House
Listed 1983Lavonia Carnegie Library
Listed 1983Lavonia Commercial Historic District
Listed 1983Lavonia Roller Mill
Listed 1983Yow HouseListed 1983Adams HouseListed 1983Beasley HouseListed 1983Burton HouseListed 1983Cannon-McDaniel HouseListed 1983Cason HouseListed 1983Crawford-Shirley HouseListed 1983Fisher HouseListed 1983Jones Street Residential Historic DistrictListed 1983Kidd HouseListed 1983Killingsworth FarmListed 1983Lavonia Cotton MillListed 1983McMurray HouseListed 1983Pure Oil Service StationListed 1983Queen HouseListed 1983Southern Cotton Oil Co.Listed 1983Stevenson House and BrickyardListed 1983Stovall HomeplaceListed 1983Stovall-Purcell HouseListed 1983Vandiver HouseListed 1983Vickery HouseListed 1983Vickery Street Historic DistrictListed 1983West Avenue-Roberts Street Residential Historic DistrictThen & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (11) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.