First Baptist Church

The home of William Wesley Brinson and Elizabeth Reese Brinson was built in 1937 and features three dormers atop of the pitched roof, eyebrow windows, moulding adorning the gable trim and oversized casing surrounding the entrance.

Although not a photo of the actual home, this historical photo captures early life in Laurens County.

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The Spanish Revival-style house was built in 1920 on Bellevue Avenue in Dublin for philanthropists Otis Leaston Chivers, and his wife, Jennie Clyde Black Chivers. Mrs. Chivers served as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and also as the first woman to serve on the Laurens County Library Board of Directors. During the Depression, the couple opened their home to struggling teachers. The house retains much of its original historic material, including mantels, flooring, windows, and intricate interior trim, but it has remained unoccupied for the past five years. After serving the Dublin Chapter of the American Red Cross, the house was acquired by the First Baptist Church.

The Joseph Rogers Powell house sat in a grove of oaks and magnolias. Powell was a cotton merchant in Dublin. This site was also where Coronel John Madison Stubbs' home "Liberty Hall" built in 1872 and designed by architect Sutton once stood. The grounds of the home were designed by Stubbs and became a showpiece in Laurens County. Dr. Edward Burton Claxton incorporated a portion of the Powell house into the Claxton Hospital when it was built in 1912. The hospital was operated until the early 1980s when it was purchased by the Laurens County Hospital Authority. The building was actually the first home of the Dublin Center of Middle Georgia College. Currently, this location is an empty lot between Henry Memorial Presbyterian Church and the Chivers House.

A river boat captain, Robert C. Henry is the namesake of the church he helped to found. The Henry Memorial Church, originally located two blocks to the northwest on Jefferson Street until 1906, when it was sold to the Jefferson Street Baptist Church. The two story brick building constructed in 1921, reflects the Neoclassical Revival style with its full height entry portico supported by classical columns. The building was reconstructed in 1960.

T. H. Smith, a leading banker and businessman built this Greek Revival style home in the early 1900s. Smith served as a chairman of the Red Cross in Dublin during World War I. The house features pronounced fluted ionic columns, and elegant railings adorning three floors The house was seriously damaged by fire in 1906 and reconstructed for the Adams Funeral Home in 1926 by Cuyler Homer Adams. The home presently holds the Community Bank of Dublin-Laurens County.

The Stephen J. Lord home was also located on this site that serves as the parking lot for the Community Bank. Lord built the three story home in the early 1900s, a contrasting Greek Revival from the other homes on Bellevue Avenue. The opulent frontal view was a massive semicircle porch, adorned with fluted ionic columns and decorative railings with detailed spindle work.

This stately Greek Revival home was built in 1910 by Dublin's premier builder, John Kelly for Andrew William Garrett, a top banker and insurance agent in Dublin's Golden Age. The features of the home are fluted ionic columns, widely framed portico, and low pitched roof with a gable. Renovated to pristine condition, The Garrett House is now home to King Law Group.

James Herschel Beacham built this Victorian home in 1906 after Hardy Hamilton Smith refused to sell back his previous home on Bellevue Avenue. Features are similar to the Smith home but the entrance and turret are more elaborate.

From 1961 through 1964 It became National College Business school for secretaries and stenographers, also Nancy Taylor Charm & Finishing Courses.

The Mission Revival home was designed by a noted architect Charles Edward Choa, who's Inspiration came from a Mediterranean Villa. Isadore and Helen Baskinski visited Europe frequently from Dublin. The home still has the original Roof of Ludowici interlocking tiles, Lion figures, urns (acquired on the couple's honeymoon), light fixtures, and hand signed Quezal art glass shades, which remain in use. As the home of a successful businessman and elected official, the home was the venue of many grand parties, including one for Georgia's Governor-Elect John M. Brown in 1908.

Built in 1904 by Dr. Joseph Page who dearly loved to erect buildings, both residential and commercial for John Robert Broadhurst and his wife, Margaret McArthur Broadhurst. Broadhurst was in the timber business, buying and sending rafts of logs down the Oconee and Altamaha Rivers to Darien, Georgia. This delightful Queen Ann Victorian house trimmed with hourglass gingerbread, has a clapboard exterior finish, and is constructed of hearty pine. This home, in 2020 underwent interior renovations and landscaping refresh to become the offices of Re/Max Reality Team.

The Greek Revival house was built in 1900, as a gift for Claudius William Brantley and his wife, Rosa Blue Brantley. The stately features have been preserved, including french doors and a recessed bookcase. The exterior features fluted ionic columns and an elaborate transom above the front entrance.

Obas W. Farrell began construction of this 11-room, 7,000 square foot Classic Greek Revival home in 1903. Designed by George C. Thompson, it was often described as one of the grandest homes south of Atlanta for Coronel T. L. Griner. It consisted of Tiffany style stained glass windows, the only private home in this area of the state with a ballroom, 12-foot ceilings, interior Ionic columns, and picture moldings sealed with silver then brushed with gold. In 1904, J.D. Smith, a local lawyer and businessman, purchased the residence for $11,000.00 and lived here with his family until selling it to Doctor Joseph Morgan Page in 1905. Doctor Page's, family consisted of his wife, Melissa Jackson Page, two daughters and four sons. He was a "horse and buggy" doctor, making his rounds throughout the countryside visiting the sick. The home remained in family use until 1965 when, over the years, it served as a church, residential property, funeral home, and corporate offices. Page House is now operated as a bed & breakfast and special event venue.

George Herschel Williams, a lawyer in Dublin built a beautiful example of a Greek Revival home in the 1900s. The home had double fluted ionic columns, oversized portico, and elaborate door surrounds. Williams practiced law in Dublin for over 50 years, and was known as a"Cornfield Lawyer" because of his generosity. He served as president of the Board of Education and was one of Dublin's first historians. The proposal for creating Stubbs Park was made by Williams. In 1964, the home was razed for the building of the Laurens County Library.

Built by State Senator Herschel Lovett in 1954 for his daughter, Betty Yeomans Lovett. This home was built by the very same architect that built Herschel Lovett's home.

Pictured: Kindergarten in the 1950's.

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James Herschel Beacham, a businessman, built this Victorian at the turn of the 20th century. The home featured a semicircle porch, and a turret. Beacham sold the home to Hardy Hamilton Smith, when moving to Mississippi to engage in the timber business. Beacham later returned and requested to buy back the house, a request Smith refused. Though the home no longer stands the property is now home to The Villas at Bellevue.

Judge John Thomas Duncan built this home in 1890 to allow two of his children to attend Dublin schools. Duncan also owned the land on the southside of Bellevue Avenue. This understated house features sidelight windows adorning the front entrance and an inviting front porch that wraps around the right side of the home. The street that runs beside the home bears the surname Duncan.