Ruins of the Scull Shoals Company Store stand in the Oconee National Forest in Greene County. Scull Shoals, founded in 1782, was a thriving mill community until its destruction by fires, floods, and the Civil War (1861-65). Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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.

Twentieth-century shopping center development in Georgia, as elsewhere, may be characterized as a revolutionary displacement of the marketplace from downtown business districts to the suburban edges of town and country and finally to regional malls. In the late twentieth century, the village, with its perambulating buyers and sellers in marketplace stalls, gave way to urban sprawl, regional malls, and market megastructures dependent on automobiles, delivery trucks, high-speed connecting roads, acres of parking lots, and layered garages.

The administrative campus of Southeastern Technical College is located in Vidalia, in Toombs County. The college's service delivery area covers Candler, Emanuel, Jenkins, Johnson, Montgomery, Tattnall, Toombs, and Treutlen counties. Courtesy of Technical College System of Georgia 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.

St. John Chrysostom's Melkite Church was formerly the home of Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler. The converted church houses an altar made from marble quarried from Pickens County and is located at 1428 Ponce de Leon Avenue in the Druid Hills section of Atlanta. Photograph by Gerg1967 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.

The studio building of folk artist St. EOM (Eddie Owens Martin) is attached to the original family farmhouse. Every surface of St. EOM's estate, Pasaquan, in Marion County is covered by his art, inside and out. Courtesy of Pasaquan Preservation Society, www.pasaquan.com 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.