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The Tennille Woman's Clubhouse, at 132 Smith St. in
Tennille, Georgia Tennille is a city in Washington County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,469 in 2020. It is considered a suburb of Sandersville. History The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Tennille in 1875. The community was named after Fr ...
, was built in 1922. It was listed on the
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in 1998.


Tennille Woman's Club

The Tennille
Women's Club The club movement is an American women's social movement that started in the mid-19th century and spread throughout the United States. It established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform public policy. While wome ...
was founded in 1914 as a sewing club. It later took on civic projects and was incorporated in 1920 when it became a member of the Georgia Federation of Woman's Clubs and the
General Federation of Women's Clubs The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), founded in 1890 during the Progressive Movement, is a federation of approximately 2,300 women's clubs in the United States which promote civic improvements through volunteer service. Community Serv ...
. It "federated with the state and national program in 1921 after undergoing an application review in which the club had to be certified as being non-political and non-sectarian and being devoted to promoting better communities." In 1998 it was still active with about 40 members.


The building

Built in 1922, Tennille Woman's Clubhouse is one-story log building, purpose-built to serve as a clubhouse. It is built in the
Craftsman Style American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its i ...
. With Its south room was the founding location of the first public-supported library in Washington County, which later moved.


See also

* Dawson Woman's Club, Dawson, Georgia, another log building women's clubhouse, formerly NRHP-listed


References

National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Georgia Buildings and structures completed in 1922 Women's club buildings in Georgia (U.S. state) History of women in Georgia (U.S. state) {{WashingtonCountyGA-NRHP-stub