Kingsland Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
The old Camden Hotel was renovated for use as the City Hall in 1993.
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Tag Archives: Kingsland GA
Seaboard Air Line Depot, 1916, Kingsland
Recently moved and restored through grants from the Georgia Department of Transportation and the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the Kingston Depot now serves as the downtown welcome center. It’s so nice to see small communities restoring these icons of the railroad era and understanding the impact they have on tourism.
Kingston Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under -CAMDEN COUNTY, Kingsland GA
Art Deco Beauty Shop, Kingsland
Kingsland Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This probably served another purpose when it was built.
Filed under -CAMDEN COUNTY, Kingsland GA
Kingsland Clinical Laboratory
Kingsland Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This seems to be where it all began, in 1949. When blood tests were required for marriage licenses, Kingsland saw an opportunity. Make it easy to get a blood test and a license and reap the revenue. It was a good idea and it led to Kingsland’s distinction as the “Marriage Capital of the South”. Georgia hasn’t required blood tests for licenses since 2003, so the old sign is just a nice reminder of what helped put Kingsland on the map.
Filed under -CAMDEN COUNTY, Kingsland GA
The Original Kingsland Wedding Chapel
Kingsland Commercial Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
I believe this was the first one-stop wedding business in Kingsland, opened some time in the early 1960s.
Filed under -CAMDEN COUNTY, Kingsland GA
Lovetown USA, Kingsland
According to Mayor Kenneth Smith, Kingsland was once known as the marriage capital of the South. An upcoming Oprah Winfrey Network/BBC reality series, Lovetown, USA, attempts to answer the question, “What happens to a community when you focus on love?” I think it’s a good idea and Kingsland, with its history of one-stop weddings, was an appropriate choice for shooting this series. While I’m not a fan of reality shows, I’ll try to watch this one, if only to see the beautiful scenery of Camden County in the background.
Filed under -CAMDEN COUNTY, Kingsland GA
Pantheon Gazebo, Kingsland
Heritage Gardens, where this gazebo is located, was the brainchild of florist Pauline Butler, who saw opportunity in the hordes of Floridians who come to Kingsland to circumvent their state’s more complicated marriage laws. In 2005 she told Florida Times-Union columnist Roger Bull a great story of an 81-year-old groom and 75-year-old bride from Melbourne who came up to avoid their wedding announcement being published in their local paper. “They didn’t want anyone to know,” she stated. The gazebo is modeled after Rome’s Pantheon…the Latin on the frieze reads: M. Agrippa L. F. Cos. Tertium.Fecit (trans. Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, in his third consulate, made it)
Filed under -CAMDEN COUNTY, Kingsland GA
