Brick Store (Covington, Georgia)

Brick Store is a historic building in Covington, Georgia. It was built in 1821 and served as a focus point for the community, also known as Sun Up, Georgia, Mt. Pleasent, Georgia or Brick Store, Georgia.[2] It has been a general store, stage coach stop, post office, school house, courtroom, jail and residence for Martin Kolb.[2] The first session of Newton County Superior Court was held at the Brick Store.[2] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 2009. The building is owned by the Trustees of the Newton County Historical Society. It is located on U.S. Route 278 at Old Social Circle Road.

Brick Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Covington, Georgia
Coordinates	33°36′4″N 83°44′42″W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1821 (1821)
NRHP reference No.	09000186[1]
Added to NRHP	April 9, 2009

The site includes a tablet from 1933 commemorating the Stage Coach Crossroads,[3] a plaque commemorating the building's donation by Charles M. Jordan of the building to the Newton County Historical Society in 1971[4] and a plaque from the landmarks commission dated 1990.[5]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton County, Georgia

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. The Brick Store (from sources including Newton County Historical Society Archived May 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine and Solomon Graves,