When the houses were built in hast Thomaston, there were several large two- story ones. One was on Barnesville Highway on the hill where Mr. & Mrs. Lamar McCrary now reside. There were two on Barnesville Street. One was just below the Thomaston Mills Engineering Department and the other was the Florence Hotel, which had approximately 12-15 rooms, directly across from the Thomaston Division. At the Peerless Mill, there was a two-story boarding house on Pine Street run by the Pirts family. There was one at the corner of Peerless Road and Hightower Street operated by the Greer family. There was also a large apartment house at the corner of Hightower and 3rd Street. The only one that still remains is on South Main, and it was operated by the Frost family. There were two fabulous two-story residences, one across from the front gate of the Finishing Division and one in the pines on Cedar Row. These were for the executives of the mill. Mr. Albert Matthews lived in the one in the pines. This was before radios were plentiful. Mr. Matthews had speakers installed in the trees for the public to enjoy. People would go and lie on the ground and listen to ball games, boxing matches, and music. Mr. Robert Adams, another executive, lived in the two-story house at the Finishing Division. When Thomaston Mills built Martha Mills, Mr. Matthews went there to manage it and bought the approximately 145 acres at Crystal Hill. He build a home there. Mr. Adams moved to the Pines on Cedar Row and Mr. Harry W. Ormand, Finishing Division Manager moved into the big house where Mr. Adams did live. This grove of trees still remains. narift 1