It’s obvious that this is a library from what it says over the building. But where is it located? Join in the search, and try to identify the location of this building. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
The last cream puff mystery got a lot of answers.
Billy Chism of Toccoa wrote: “Mystery photo is the Butterfly House at Callaway Gardens. But where is the wooden cupola that adorns it? Maybe the angle of the photo obscures it.
“The cupola came from atop the Victoria Hand house in Pelham, Ga. (my home town). Placing it on the butterfly house was a tip of the hat to Virginia Hand Callaway, who married Cason Callaway. Together, they conceived and developed Callaway Gardens. In fact, the visitors center is named the Virginia Hand Callaway Visitors Center. By the way, inside the cupola were butterflies, carved into the wood in the late 1800s when the house was built.” The photo came from Pamela Brooks of Norcross.
Elaine Still of Braselton recognized “the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Garden located at Callaway Gardens. It is a wonderful place to visit, as you will enjoy the beauty of the butterflies as they fly freely around the area.”
Others recognizing it were Cindy Evans, Duluth; Tim Sullivan, Buford; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Bob Foreman, Grayson; Marlene Ratledge Buchanan, Snellville; Virginia Klaer, Duluth; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; John Moore, Duluth; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex.
Peel wrote: “The center opened on September 25, 1988 and was one of the first three butterfly centers in the U.S. and is North America’s largest glass-enclosed tropical conservatory. There are over 50 different species and more than a thousand butterflies housed in the center at different times of the year. The center actually buys the butterflies from farmers in six different countries: Malaysia, Tanzania, Costa Rica, the Philippines, El Salvador and Ecuador. When the butterflies are in the pupa stage of their life (i.e. when the caterpillar is fully grown and stops eating), they are sent to Callaway Gardens via the U.S. Mail, FedEx or UPS in small cardboard boxes padded with cotton.
“The butterfly center was named after Cecil B. Day (1934-1978), an American hotelier from Macon who was best known for founding the hotel chain Days Inn. At age 22, Day, who was a real-estate salesman at the time, was instrumental in helping Developer Scott Hudgens Jr. (1923-2000), purchase a number of properties in the mid-1950s.”
Ninth annual run at Annandale Village raises $125,000
Supporters helped raise $125,000 during Annandale Village’s 9th Annual Extra Mile 5K and 1 Mile, held recently in downtown Suwanee. Along with the more than 400 in-person and virtual participants, this makes it Annandale’s largest 5K to date! Proceeds raised benefit Annandale Village, one of only three organizations in the entire United States providing a full continuum of service and care for adults living with developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries. Brian Post was the overall male winner and Kelly Gilliam was the overall female winner at Saturday’s event. The complete list of category winners and overall times can be found on the event’s website via annandale.org.
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