6-494: The Rabinowitz Building is a historic building in Alma, Georgia . It was built in 1915 and is located at 203-205 West Eleventh Street. It is a good example of a commercial, multi-use building in a small town. It is unusual as it uses glazed bricks on the front and has an ornamented metal cornice, which seems to have been a specialty of Manning Sullivan, a local builder. The building was used in commerce by William Rabinowitz (1873-1935),
12-532: A Jewish immigrant. His residence was at the rear of the building. It is also significant in that the second floor was used as the original county courthouse from 1915 (one year after the formation of the county) until a new courthouse (the Bacon County Courthouse ) was built in 1920. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 1987. Alma, Georgia Alma
18-561: Is a city in Bacon County , Georgia , United States, and the county seat. As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 3,433. Alma is known as Georgia's blueberry capital, and hosts a Blueberry Festival each June. Alma was founded in 1900 as a stop on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad . It was incorporated as a city in 1906 and designated seat of the newly formed Bacon County in 1914. There are two theories about
24-501: The Rabinowitz Building . Alma is located in southeastern Georgia at 31°32′30″N 82°28′0″W / 31.54167°N 82.46667°W / 31.54167; -82.46667 (31.541543, -82.466666). The city is located along U.S. Routes 1 and 23 (Pierce Street). The two run through the center of the city together before splitting just north of the city. U.S. 1 connects the city with Baxley , 19 mi (31 km) to
30-514: The north, and U.S. 23 connects the city with Hazlehurst , 25 mi (40 km) to the northwest. U.S. 1/23 also lead south together 29 mi (47 km) to Waycross . Other highways that run through the city include Georgia State Routes 32 (16th Street) and 64 (Market Street). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 6.2 square miles (16.1 km ), of which 5.5 square miles (14.3 km )
36-476: The origin of the name of the town. The first is that it was named for the wife of a traveling salesmen, Alma Sheridan; the other is that it was named for the initial letter of the four state capitals Georgia has had: Augusta , Louisville , Milledgeville , and Atlanta . There are four sites in Alma listed on the National Register of Historic Places : Alma Depot , Bacon County Courthouse , Bacon County School , and
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