The oldest church in Bartow County is the Pine Log Methodist Church. It was organized in 1834 and built in 1842. It has been in continuous use since then. It is also the oldest church structure in North Georgia. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The “tent” for the Juszynski family The annual camp meeting celebrated its 190th meeting in July 2024. The wooden…

John, August, and Joe Pavlovsky moved to Adairsville, Georgia, after fighting in the Franco-Prussian War. Initially, the brothers were wagon manufacturers. They began to build homes in town, many of them along Main Street. This home was built in 1890. It was recently on the market. Interior photos can be seen at The Old House Life.

The James and Lily Gaines House was built by Prussian architect, John Schmitz, in 1901 as a “Honeymoon House.” Schmitz relocated to Bartow County after serving in the Civil War as a Union soldier. His architectural work can be seen throughout Bartow County. The home is a rare example of a brick Queen Anne home in Georgia. Built into a hill, the home faces downtown and the rail line. It is…

The congregation of Fairview Methodist Church began in 1882 under the leadership of Tom Upshaw. The historic Black congregation built this Gothic Revival church in 1932 after the first church was severely damaged in a storm. I am uncertain when the congregation stopped services. There is a very overgrown cemetery behind the church. I could see one marker that had a date of the 1990s on it.