Coweta County GaArchives News.....County Commissioners Buy Historic Log Cabin November 24, 1971
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Newnan Times-Herald November 24, 1971
Log Cabins

	Regarding the cabins purchased on the Meadows prop-
erty near Moreland, the following report was summitted by Weyman C. Evans:

"When Highway I-85 right of way was surveyed. I became
interested in anything of historical value that might be 
destroyed when construction began. My main interest was
in anything built by the very first settlers after Coweta county was formed in 
1826.

About two miles south of my home was the John C.
Meadows home and the center line of I-85 would be within a few feet of this 
home and other buildings that were
built by John C. Meadows very shortly after the county
was formed. These log buildingings were in very good condition to be nearly a 
century and a half old. The buildings
are examples of unusual and interesting construction, un-


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County Purchases
Historic Log Cabin

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like most log buildings you
see.
	Hoping to preserve these buildings, I appeared before the County 
Commissioners more than once, asking their help in saving these as historical 
landmarks. The Newnan Times - Herald, James O. Hardin of radio station
WCOH and Johnny Brown, WNEA, carried news reports each time I make this re-
quest. For several years we were unable to acquire these
buildings.
	In July, 1971, the County
Commissioners created a Coweta County Recreation Commission. Commissioner 
Morris A. Hall appointed me to this commission. In October, Mr. Hall was 
fortunate in securing twelve acres of land from Mr. Marvin A. Woolen and 4.9 
acres from the Banks Foundation in Grantville. When the Recreation Commission 
learned of the availability of this park and these buildings, they voted to 
ask for these Meadows buildings to be preserved in this park for historical 
and other purposes.
	Mr. Charles Mottola was the attorney working on the rights of way for 
I-85, and through the efforts of Mr. Mottola and Vernon Hunter, Clerk to the 
County Commissioners, Coweta county acquired five buildings from the I-85 
right of way. All five Commissioners were interested and agreed to remove 
these log cabins to the park at Grantville. The citizens of Coweta
should be grateful to the many who worked to make
this possible --- to name a few --- Mr. and Mrs. Morris A. Hall, who have been 
very interested in these projects for Coweta, the other Commissioners: 
Chairman W. N. Wood, Leroy H. Johnson, Wilkins w. Kerby, Jr., Thomas Luckie, 
Vernon Hunter, County Clerk; Wendell Whitlock, Warden; Jesse Hand, Assistant 
Warden, and other employees, Charles Mottola and several highway officials
are thanked fro their generosity.



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