ANCIENT DAYS IN AUGUSTA

This 1911 postcard shows why Greene
Street was once the haunt of
Congressmen
[Postcard Buridshaw and Symms Collection]

“Below the Court House on Greene St.
lived Mr. J.C.C. Black the Congressman;
and I think Mr. George T. Barnes an earlier
Congressman lived next to him, but I’m
not too sure.” (p.59)

Houses on Ellis Street
[Loose Photographs Collection rl01486]

“Ellis and Reynolds Sts were rather
narrow compared to Telfair, Walker,
and the “cross-streets”, like Elbert;
and many of the Broad and Greene
St. lots ran through the block with
stables for the horses and buggies or
carriages on Ellis or Reynolds. So I
think these two streets must have
been laid out as alleys, originally. But
they were well shaded with elms and
oaks, with occasional gnarled old
mulberries.” (p. 67)

Postcard of Reynolds Street
[Postcard – Burdishaw and Symms Collection]

“For instance, I wouldn’t have
dared to go into Dublin unless
with a native of that section. The
Park section of P.G. was hostile;
and the lower parts of Reynolds,
Broad and Ellis was unsafe. Access
to School and to Broad St. was
never disputed, as far as I know.
All this applied to boys under 14
or 15. Harrisburg was forbidden
territory.” (p. 73)