The Dawson Woman's Club was founded in 1905 as the "Wednesday Afternoon Club" and became a member of the
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs in 1907.
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The Dawson Woman's Clubhouse, in ]Dawson, Georgia
Dawson is a city in and the county seat of Terrell County, Georgia, Terrell County, Georgia, United States.
The population was 4,414 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Incorporated on December 22, 1857, the city is named for Sena ...
, is a log cabin
A log cabin is a small log house, especially a minimally finished or less architecturally sophisticated structure. Log cabins have an ancient history in Europe, and in America are often associated with first-generation home building by settl ...
structure which was built in 1913. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1982, and was delisted in 2019 because it had been moved.[It was listed with address reported as 311 6th Ave. in Dawson. Google Streetview imagery dated June 2013 shows the building at the address 360 6th Avenue, NE. The addresses may have been renumbered.][ As of 2018, it had been moved to the southwest corner of 7th Avenue and Stonewall Street.
The building is a log cabin built for public use, made "of round, saddle-notched, unchinked logs that rest on a primitive pier foundation composed of stacked fieldstones."][ With ]
The building is now known as the Log Cabin Club House, and is offered for rent for events. It was for some time located at 360 6th Avenue, NE, in Dawson.[ Note the webpage, in October 2018, continues to assert it is located at 360 6th Avenue, while photos show it is now at the southwest corner of 7th Avenue and Stonewall.]
The woman's club became inactive by 1950, and was reorganized as the Dawson Woman's Garden Club or Dawson Garden Club. According to the Terrell County Historic Preservation Society, "community improvement has continued to be a goal, although limited to the area of city beautification."[
The house belonged to the Dawson Garden Club from 1950 to 1994, when it was transferred to the Dawson Restoration Society (now the Terrell County Historic Preservation Society).][
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See also
* Tennille Woman's Clubhouse, Tennille, Georgia, also a log building, currently NRHP-listed
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References
Log cabins in the United States
Women's club buildings in Georgia (U.S. state)
National Register of Historic Places in Terrell County, Georgia
Event venues established in 1913
Former National Register of Historic Places in Georgia
History of women in Georgia (U.S. state)
Relocated buildings and structures in Georgia (U.S. state)
Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
1913 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
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