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South Georgia College (Methodist)

South Georgia College (Methodist)

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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.

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