Schley County GaArchives News.....Old Schley County Courthouse Sold To Local Order Knights of Pythias January 17 1911 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com December 29, 2003, 12:38 am The Butler Herald The Butler Herald Tuesday, January 17, 1911 Page Four Old Schley County Courthouse Sold to Local Order Knights of Pythias (From Schley County News) On last Tuesday, legal sale day, the old courthouse in the town of Ellaville, after being duly advertised by the County Commissioners was sold to the highest bidder. It was purchased by the Ellaville Lodge Knights of Pythias at the price of $1,500.00. The parties buying the same will be incorporated into a stock company at once, and as soon as this is done something like $1,500.00 will be raised for the purpose of repairing the same. They propose to renovate the building throughout, putting the building in first class order. The large and commodious courtroom upstairs will be used as a lodge room, as well as an auditorium; the rooms on the side will be converted into reading rooms for club purposes (not lockers). The downstairs will be used as offices, and when properly fixed up, they will be the most desirable in town. Withal, this new project will add greatly to the appearance and convenience of our town. The old courthouse is one of Schley’s oldest landmarks, having been erected about 50 years go. The courthouse was a new structure when our fathers left for the battlefields in the early Sixties. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb