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Harmony Church, Troup County

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Inventory Number: GA/10-141-02x
County: Troup County
Township:
Town/Village: West of LaGrange
Bridge Name: Harmony Church
Crosses: Wehadkee Creek
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 173'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1873
Builder: Horace King
When Lost: 1886
Cause: Flood
Latitude: N33 02.473
Longitude: W085 12.910
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Directions: Off 244.

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Comments:
In 1873, Horace King built a bridge to carry Harmony Church Road over the Wehadkee Creek at Cofield’s Mill in Troup County. This was likely a Town lattice covered bridge as that was King’s usual plan. The bridge was destroyed by a flash flood in 1886, a year after King died. In 1890, King’s son George constructed a Town lattice truss bridge at that location which was listed in early World Guide’s as 10-141-02. Construction of the West Point Dam would have left the bridge underwater. Troup County Commissioners donated the structure to Callaway Gardens. On August 15, 1965, the 60' central section of the bridge was moved about 30 miles to its new home. The original timbers and siding were used, but a new wood shingle roof and portals were provided. At that location it was assigned World Guide number GA/10-72-01. At Calloway Gardens, the bridge was open to the public for many years. It was relocated to a field to make room for construction of the John A. Sibley Horticultural Center where it was no longer accessible to the public and essentially abandoned. Even though it was left unmaintained for many years, the skeleton of the bridge was still in good condition. In February 2022, the structure was dismantled and moved back to Troup County where it has been rebuilt behind the graves of Horace King and his son Marshal in the Mulberry Street Cemetery in LaGrange. The truss structure was reconstructed on top of a steel base with a new roof and siding added. It will be incorporated into “The Thread”, a planned 30-mile-long walking trail through the city which started construction in 2017. On July 24, 2025, about 300 people attended a ceremony dedicating improvements to the cemetery including 1,005 posts indicating locations of previously unmarked graves which are thought to be mostly African Americans and a pathway constructed from the entrance to the covered bridge and beyond. Informational panels have been added to share the information found so far about those unmarked graves. At its present location, the bridge is listed as GA/10-141-12.

Sources:
Clough, Philip & Betsy. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1959, page 8
French, Thomas L., Jr. & Edwards. Covered Bridges of Georgia, 1984, page 35
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXV, No. 3, October 1967, page 7

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