| 词条 | The Seminary (Lithonia, Georgia) |
| 释义 |
| name = The Seminary | nrhp_type = nrhp | nrhp_type2 = cp | image = The Seminary Lithonia Georgia Front View.jpg | alt = A two story granite block structure with a hipped roof and two-story wooden veranda, seen from an angle in front. | caption = The Seminary in 2018 | coordinates = {{Coord|33.7101|-84.1094|region:US-GA|display=inline,title}} | location = 6886 Main Street, Lithonia, Georgia | locmapin = Georgia (U.S. state) | built = 1895 | architecture = | added = November 15, 1978 | refnum = 78003097{{r|strack}}{{r|nris}} | partof = Lithonia Historic District | partof_refnum = 16000639 }} The Seminary is a historic building at 6886 Main Street in Lithonia, Georgia. Originally constructed as a school in 1895, over the years it has also served as a hotel and a private home. It is currently used as a multi-tenant office building. It was entered into the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on November 15, 1978.{{sfn|Strack|Lamb|1976|p=1}} HistoryThe Seminary was constructed in 1895. Benjamin Franklin George had donated land for the creation of a school for Lithonia, in part to educate his own children. Lithonia had no public school system at the time; The Seminary was one of three schools which were privately owned and supported by tuition.{{sfn|Strack|Lamb|1976|p=3}} The building was constructed of granite, using stone quarried locally. The town derived its name and much of its economy from granite at this time.{{sfn|Strack|Lamb|1976|p=3}} The building is two stories with walls made of 19 to 24 inch granite and has a hip roof. The first floor has 12 foot ceilings and the second floor has 16 foot ceilings.{{sfn|Strack|Lamb|1976|p=2}} By 1906 a public school system had been established in Lithonia, so the school was closed and the building sold to John Keay Davidson Sr. He was a Scottish immigrant who founded a quarrying company in Lithonia in 1901. Davidson brought in skilled stonemasons from Scotland as workers,{{sfn|Strack|Lamb|1976|p=3}} and converted the building into the Auto Rest Hotel to house them.{{r|walkabout}} It was at this time that the double veranda at the front of the structure was added.{{sfn|Strack|Lamb|1976|p=2}} The hotel continued in operation until 1917.{{sfn|Strack|Lamb|1976|p=3}} In 1917 the building was sold to J.H. Malone, who added interior plumbing and electricity to use the building as a private home.{{sfn|Strack|Lamb|1976|p=3}} It was around this time a two-story bathroom addition was made at the rear center of the house. A second bathroom addition was made in 1962 at the rear north corner of the house.{{sfn|Strack|Lamb|1976|p=2}} The house remained in the Malone family for many years.{{sfn|Strack|Lamb|1976|p=3}} In 2007 the house was sold to a relative of one of the original students in the school, and it was restored and redeveloped as a multi-tenant office building called the Academy Professional Building.{{r|history}} See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=78003097}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Seminary |publisher=National Park Service|last1=Strack |first1=Betty M. |last2=Lamb | first2=Deni|date=December 1976 |accessdate=July 16, 2018 |ref=harv }} With {{NRHP url|id=78003097|photos=y|title=7 photos from December 1976}} [1][2][3]2. ^{{cite web|url=http://academyoffices.com/history |title=History | website=The Academy Professional Building | access-date=July 18, 2018 }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://arabiaalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/Lithonia-Walking-Map.pdf | title=Historic Lithonia Walk About | author=Marshall-Linnemeier, Lynn | website=Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance | access-date=July 18, 2018 }} }} External links{{Commons category|The Seminary (Lithonia, Georgia)}}
2 : National Register of Historic Places in DeKalb County, Georgia|Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) |
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