For those of you who may have missed the previous posting I am sending it again ~ Caroline, List Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "caroline" <carolineh@knology.net> To: "BIBB" <ALBIBB@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:32 AM Subject: old Bibb County High School burned >I received the email at the end of this posting yesterday, 12-17, about the >school. Be sure to visit the web site indicated, not only for pictures of >the school but for the "thousands" of pictures that David Daniel and Vicky >Clemmons put on the site for public viewing in the process of producing the >book, "Images of America: Bibb County". > Several of my Andrew Smith and Joanna Caffee family pictures are in this book and many more are on the web site. I have not labeled mine, yet, but many contributors have. Paula Fancher is one of many who were involved in this project and I saw that her pictures are identified. I met David, Paula and Vicky when I took my "treasures" to Centreville last spring for David to scan. > Please note that I have no information on the sale of this book - that info is available via the web site shown in the following email. > For more info about the fire go to http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/12/bibb_county_school_fire_still.html > Caroline Horton, > List Administrator > > From Vicky Clemmons, > Centreville Historic Preservation Commission: > > "For those on my mailing list that are not local, I have some very tragic > news. The old Bibb County High School was built in 1909 and later became > the Jr. High School, this school year the children were moved to other > schools and the old school was being renovated to house the Board of > Education. Yesterday [12-16] the building burned and only a brick shell > exists, this was a great loss to those of us that treasure all of our > historic buildings." "David made some great photos, in fact, around 700, to view them go to www.HistoricBibb.org there is a link to historic pictures, scroll to the bottom and watch the slide show or view them one at a time. All of the pictures are not there but this will give you an idea of how bad it was."

My great-great aunt, widow of John Hunt (who was maternal uncle to John Hunt Logan), either gave the land for the Presbyterian Church (old one before the one on the square on the other side of the river), and lived where the old high school was; or, gave land for both??? anyway, there was a connection. John Hunt went to Bibb Co., in 1818 with his 16 y.o. nephew, John Hunt Logan. John Hunt was first justice of peace for Bibb County. Was one of three appointed to determine the center of Bibb County, thus Centreville; and purchased the first lot of the newly surveyed Centreville.. don logan\ ----- Original Message ----- From: "caroline" <carolineh@knology.net> To: "BIBB" <ALBIBB@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:45 AM Subject: [ALBIBB] old Bibb County High School burned- Bibb book available > For those of you who may have missed the previous posting I am sending it > again ~ Caroline, List Administrator > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "caroline" <carolineh@knology.net> > To: "BIBB" <ALBIBB@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:32 AM > Subject: old Bibb County High School burned > > >>I received the email at the end of this posting yesterday, 12-17, about >>the >>school. Be sure to visit the web site indicated, not only for pictures of >>the school but for the "thousands" of pictures that David Daniel and Vicky >>Clemmons put on the site for public viewing in the process of producing >>the >>book, "Images of America: Bibb County". >> > Several of my Andrew Smith and Joanna Caffee family pictures are in this > book and many more are on the web site. I have not labeled mine, yet, but > many contributors have. Paula Fancher is one of many who were involved in > this project and I saw that her pictures are identified. I met David, > Paula > and Vicky when I took my "treasures" to Centreville last spring for David > to > scan. >> > Please note that I have no information on the sale of this book - that > info > is available via the web site shown in the following email. > >> For more info about the fire go to > http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/12/bibb_county_school_fire_still.html > >> Caroline Horton, >> List Administrator >> >> From Vicky Clemmons, >> Centreville Historic Preservation Commission: >> >> "For those on my mailing list that are not local, I have some very tragic >> news. The old Bibb County High School was built in 1909 and later became >> the Jr. High School, this school year the children were moved to other >> schools and the old school was being renovated to house the Board of >> Education. Yesterday [12-16] the building burned and only a brick shell >> exists, this was a great loss to those of us that treasure all of our >> historic buildings." > > "David made some great photos, in fact, around 700, to view them go to > www.HistoricBibb.org there is a link to historic pictures, scroll to the > bottom and watch the slide show or view them one at a time. All of the > pictures are not there but this will give you an idea of how bad it was." > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBIBB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >