Historical Marker

Powell Academy Schoolhouse

Stone Mountain · DeKalb County

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The Story

This modest one-room schoolhouse, dating to roughly 1875 near Klondike, was moved to Stone Mountain Park's Historic Square in 1987, preserving a glimpse of how children were taught in postwar rural Georgia.

About this site

Powell Academy Schoolhouse is a historical marker in Stone Mountain, DeKalb County. It is one of 98 historical markers documented in DeKalb County, among 143 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.8153, -84.1437 near Stone Mountain. The nearest cataloged historic site is Powell Academy (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Davis House, Allen House, and DR. Chapmon Powell's Cabin.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.8153, -84.1437 · Stone Mountain, DeKalb County

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