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Howell's Mills

Location:Howell Mill Rd at Peachtree Creek bridge, Atlanta
LATITUDE33.8240144932
LONGITUDE-84.4160670709
County:Fulton

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HOWELL`S MILLS

A notable ante-bellum land-mark established 1852, by Judge Clark Howell (1811-1882). Two buildings -- grist and sash-sawmills -- which stood on the N. bank, and in the bend of, Peachtree Cr. 1000 ft. west of the present bridge.

The old road crossed the creek on a wooden bridge to the west of the present highway and bridge. Surviving the war, the mills burned in 1879. They were the center of a rural community with a P.O. (1876-1891). Another enterprise was Foster`s Woolen Mill, established circa 1880 -- which stood on the S. bank of the creek, to the W. of this marker.

060-51 GEORGIA HISTORICAL MARKER 1989


       
 

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Atlanta, GA 30329-2231
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