South Georgia College (Methodist) Explained

South Georgia College, also referred to as Old South Georgia College^[1] was a Methodist affiliated school in McRae, Georgia. It opened in 1892. The school closed in 1928. The campus was sold to the local school district. campus and was a high school until the 1960s when it became a primary school.^[2] Its administration building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now part of Telfair Center for the Arts.^[3]

Reverend W. A. Huckabee was its first president.^[4]

Young Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery taught at the school.^[5] The cane syrup factory W. R. Roddenbery Building, part of the Cairo Commercial Historic District, is in Cairo, Georgia.^{[6] [7]} The Roddenbery Memorial Library in Cairo is named for the family that donated its building.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pioneer Historical Society.
2. Web site: South Georgia College Administration Building, 1892, McRae. November 10, 2009.
3. Web site: Walking Tour of McRae's Historical Homes. Official Georgia Tourism & Travel Website | Explore Georgia.org.
4. Web site: McRae GA – Vanishing South Georgia Photographs by Brian Brown. mcrae242.rssing.com.
5. Web site: Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery, Late a Senator from Georgia: Memorial Addresses Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. September 17, 1914. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
6. Web site: W. B. Roddenbery Company. New Georgia Encyclopedia.
7. Web site: Cairo GA. Vanishing Georgia: Photographs by Brian Brown.