Main Street, downtown Senoia, Georgia.
Senoia first began to be settled around 1860. No one knows for sure how it got its name, but one possibility is that it was named for Senoya, Creek Indian wife of Captain William McIntosh.
Senoia is a center for movie and TV. Some well-known productions include Fried Green Tomatoes and Driving Miss Daisy, as well as The Walking Dead TV series.
Senoi’s historic Main Street has many interesting shops, including the Hollberg Furniture Store, in business since 1894. The 2020 census counted 5016 residents.
The Verandah Historic Inn Bed and Breakfast
An 8,000 square foot Greek Revival mansion built in 1906 as the Hollberg Hotel, the Verandah is one block from Senoia's Main Street. It is also an event venue. The granddaughter of a long-time friend was married there a few years ago, and the wedding breakfast they served was absolutely the best I’ve ever eaten.
Senoia United Methodist Church, built in 1898.
Senoia Methodist Church is still very much in active service. The building is considered by many knowledgeable people to be the best example of Queen Anne architecture in Georgia.
The first mill at this site on Whitewater Creek three miles north of Senoia was built before 1825, but it was Hilliard Starr, who owned the property from 1866 to 1879, whose name stuck. The first two mills, both of which burned, were of logs. The current mill, built by William T. Glower in 1907, was in service until 1959 and at one time included a dynamo that generated electricity for Senoia.
(Adapted from my book Backroads and Byways of Georgia.)
All the photos in this post were made with micro 4/3s mirrorless cameras. The pictures of downtown Senoia and Starr's Mill were made with the 12-megapixel Olympus E-Pl1 fitted with the 14-42mm kit lens. This was my first m4/3s camera. The Verandah B&B and the Methodist Church were photographed with a 16-megapixel Olympus OM-D E-M5 and a Panasonic Lumix 12-32mm lens.
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Loved all of this! Driving Miss Daisy and Fried Green Tomatoes are two of my most loved movies! Would love to take a trip there....but very tied down right now :>< fleta
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