GeorgiaThe Tifton Museum of Arts and Heritage occupies a landmark 1901 Gothic Revival church that was the first brick building in Tifton, erected after wooden churches on the site were repeatedly burned. Built for the local Methodist congregation on land donated by town founder Captain Henry Harding Tift, the structure features heart-pine floors, vaulted ceilings, buttresses, a bell tower, and two dozen restored stained-glass windows. After the congregation outgrew it in 1952, the building passed through several uses until the Tift County Development Authority acquired it in 1985, and community fundraising led to its reopening as an arts and heritage center in 1997. Today it hosts rotating art exhibitions, educational programs, and cultural events for southern Georgia, and it has since been renamed the Syd Blackmarr Arts Center in honor of a longtime regional arts advocate.
Tifton Museum of Arts and Heritage
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Tifton Museum of Arts and Heritage is a museum in Tifton, Tift County. It is one of 2 museums documented in Tift County, among 30 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.4658, -83.5428 near Tifton. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Dwight David Eisenhower Memorial Gardens (historical marker), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Oak Ridge Cemetery, and Henry Tift Myers.
This record is drawn from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Tifton Museum of Arts and Heritage occupies a landmark 1901 Gothic Revival church that was the first brick building in Tifton, erected after wooden churches on the site were repeatedly burned. Built for the local Methodist congregation on land donated by town founder Captain Henry Harding Tift, the structure features heart-pine floors, vaulted ceilings, buttresses, a bell tower, and two dozen restored stained-glass windows. After the congregation outgrew it in 1952, the building passed through several uses until the Tift County Development Authority acquired it in 1985, and community fundraising led to its reopening as an arts and heritage center in 1997. Today it hosts rotating art exhibitions, educational programs, and cultural events for southern Georgia, and it has since been renamed the Syd Blackmarr Arts Center in honor of a longtime regional arts advocate.
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