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To preserve and enhance the downtown area as the heart of
East Point, communicating a sense of place, community pride and heritage, while providing for a successful business and
residential environment.

Downtown Flashback Feature

Each month, the East Point Historical Society provides an article for the "Flashback Feature" for the Downtown Newsletter. Each article highlights a piece of East Point's vibrant history. More information about East Point's history is available at the East Point Historical Society located at 1685 Norman Berry Drive, East Point, GA 30344. You can contact them at (404) 767-4656 or visit www.eastpoinths.org. All "Flashback Features" will be archived on the website and can be accessed at any time.

East Point’s Centennial Quilt - A History Lesson in Needlework
Part Seven: East Point’s Centennial

In 1987, members of the East Point Woman’s Club stitched together a quilt to commemorate East Point’s Centennial. Each of the 49 squares helps tell the story of East Point’s history, historic landmarks and prominent businesses. The quilt is a unique and beautiful piece of craftsmanship and artwork. It is on display at the East Point Historical Society. This is the last in a series of East Point history lessons, as reflected in a sampling of the quilt’s squares. This article highlights the East Point Woman’s Club and the East Point Historical Society, both major sponsors of the Centennial Celebration in 1987.

Centennial Quilt

The quilt as displayed at the City Auditorium in 1987 where it hung until 2011 when it was moved to the East Point Historical Society. There it is maintained and displayed in memory of Steven Bramlett, the Society’s devoted volunteer curator who died in 2011.

East Point Woman’s Club

The East Point Woman’s Club was founded in 1910 by a group of civic-minded women and in 1912 joined the national General Federal of Women’s Clubs. From 1929 until 1963, the Club’s headquarters was a bungalow on Church St. (now the site of Victory Park). After a devastating fire, a new clubhouse was built on DeLowe Dr. In 1992, that building was sold and is now headquarters of the Sigma Zeta Foundation. The Woman’s Club has long championed a variety of community projects such as health services, town beautification, World Wars I and II war efforts & the Georgia Federation’s state project at Tallulah Falls School in the north GA mountains.

East Point Historical Society & Historical House

In 1979, the Woman’s Club urged the formation of the East Point Historical Society to collect and preserve East Point’s history. At first, the Society worked out of the City Hall Annex (at that time the old Post Office on Main Street). In 1988, the Society moved to its present location on the former site of the Spring Street Pool and before that the Cold Springs Cue rounds. The historic Morgan House was moved from East Point Street to this location and has served as the Society’s headquarters ever since. The Society has an extensive collection of artifacts, photographs, maps and records that document East Point’s long and varied history.


 

East Point Historical Society
Learn more about East Point history and see first hand the collection of artifacts, photographs, maps and records that further illustrate East Point’s history. Visit the East Point Historical Society at 1685 Norman Berry Drive. Museum & Archives - Free Admission - Free Parking
- Thursdays 12 - 3 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Phone: 404-767-4656

 

 

Previous Flashback Features

Fort McPherson: East Point’s Neighbor Since 1885
East Point’s Earliest African-American Congregation
East Point’s Centennial Quilt - A History Lesson in Needlework: Part Six: Community Landmarks, Article 2 of 2
East Point’s Centennial Quilt - A History Lesson in Needlework: Part Six: Community Landmarks, Article 1 of 2
FlightHealth Closes Office in Downtown East Point
Springtime at the EPHS
West Cleveland Avenue Businesses
East Point’s Centennial Quilt: A History Lesson in Needlework, Part Five: Commerce, Continued...
Black History Month
History of Connally Nature Park
East Point’s Centennial Quilt: A History Lesson in Needlework, Part Five: Commerce
East Point’s Centennial Quilt: A History Lesson in Needlework, Part Four: Education - November 2013
Anne S. Larcom and the History of East Point
The East Washington Neighborhood (EWN)
The Origin of Norman Berry
East Point’s Centennial Quilt: A History Lesson in Needlework, Part Three: City Services - April 2013
East Point’s Industrial District and the National Register
Downtown East Point Walking Tour Map
A Look At The Early Days Up To 1900
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety-Jog
East Point’s Centennial Quilt: A History Lesson in Needlework, Part Two: Industry & Manufacturing, Part Two - November 2012
East Point’s Centennial Quilt: A History Lesson in Needlework, Part Two: Industry & Manufacturing, Part One - October 2012
125th Birthday Festivities . . . Ended with a BANG! - September 2012
East Point: 125 Years Ago, Part Three – August 2012
East Point: 125 Years Ago, Part Two – July 2012
East Point: 125 Years Ago, Part One – June 2012
The Man the Downtown Pedestrian Bridge was Named in Honor of in 2002 – May 2012
American Civil War: The Role of East Point – April 2012
East Point’s Centennial Quilt : A History Lesson in Needlework – March 2012
East Point’s First African-American Physician – February 2012
East Point Centennial Quilt: A History Lesson in Needlework – January 2012
Fixing Things in the Past and Present – December 2011
A Stretch of Main Street... 100 Years Ago – May 2011
Atlanta Terra Cotta Company – April 2011
Early East Point Police – March 2011
Gandy Dancers – February 2011
Early Schools of East Point – January 2011
East Point's First Fire Truck – December 2010
East Point: City of Transportation – November 2010
1906 Survey Crew in the Town of East Point – October 2010
From the Tabernacle to the Tower – September 2010
Mrs. Ware's Boarding House – August 2010