In 1978 Republican Newt Gingrich won his first term to the U.S. House of Representatives. He went on to represent the Sixth District of Georgia until 1999. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Noah's Ark by Chris Moses is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Sculpture The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJuYp7a0ecyoqp6rX6O8orTSZpiro4%2BivLSx0phnaWtf

Orange Hall, in the historic district of St. Marys, was built in the Greek revival style in the 1820s. Courtesy of John Kissinger The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder.

Peyton Anderson, owner and publisher of the Macon Telegraph and News for nearly twenty years, was a prominent business leader in middle Georgia. His most remarkable contributions to his hometown came after his death, however. Peyton Tooke Anderson Jr. was born on April 9, 1907, in Macon to Nell Brown Griswold and Peyton Anderson. Newspapers were the Anderson family’s business. Anderson’s uncle W. T. Anderson was the editor and publisher of the Macon Telegraph and, later, the Macon News for more than thirty years.

Phipps Plaza, an upscale shopping mall in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, was built in 1969 by the architectural firm FABRAP. The mall was expanded and renovated in the early 1990s by the firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback, and Associates. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Department of Economic Development.