This East Square spot marks where Abraham Simon, one of Washington's early Jewish merchants, kept his store, a reminder of the small Jewish community that helped anchor the town's commercial life in the early 1800s.
Site of Abraham Simon's Store
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Site of Abraham Simon's Store is a historical marker in Washington, Wilkes County. It is one of 63 historical markers documented in Wilkes County, among 123 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7375, -82.7386 near Washington. The nearest cataloged historic site is Last Cabinet Meeting (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Wilkes County Confederate Memorial, Washington Square, and Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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