Last updated: 8/25/2018
7 Main St.
Moreland, GA 30259
P.O. Box 128
Moreland, GA 30259
Also Open by Appointment
Sunday, Saturday
1 PM - 4 PM
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Ms. Mary Lee Preston McClure
phone: 770-304-8859
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Museum of "things" from the home, the farm, the country store, and Moreland Knitting Mills from 1900-1945.
(From Wikipedia) In the early days of Moreland, cotton was the most important contributor to the local economy. Fruit crops were also a factor including peaches, plums, pears, and grapes. An economic shift occurred during the 1920s after the devastation of the cotton crop by the boll weevil. Diseases and bad weather eventually wiped out the commercial peach orchards.
W.A. Brannon opened a store in 1894 and later other business ventures. Hard economic times forced him out of business and his buildings were sold in 1920. The Moreland Hosiery Mill was located in these buildings for several years. In 1926, new investors bought this property and opened Moreland Knitting Mills. This was the town’s major industrial employer until the business closed in 1968.
Eventually these buildings were donated to the town of Moreland and are now used to house town offices, public meeting spaces, and the Hometown Heritage Museum. Memorabilia that was once displayed in the Lewis Grizzard Museum in an old service station was moved to the historic Moreland Mill on Main St. in 2011.
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