Historic Downtown Ellijay - the signs say, pointing to what used to be the only 'town' we knew when moving here 1973.
There was the town square with everything you needed - Logan's Hardware Store, Watkin's Department Store, the barbershop, Starne's Drugs, NAPA auto parts, a bank, and of course the courthouse.
Just off the square were the Baptist and Methodist churches, Thriftown grocery store, Lay's 5 & 10, the post office, doctors and lawyers.
About a block down River Street was the newspaper office, a dress shop, the Pool Hall, and Penland's.
Now the entire downtown area is geared for tourists, with antiques, coffee shops, cafés.
Penlands (pictured) was a country store that sold just about anything you needed, from groceries to feed and seed. The store still has the signature red and white checkerboard paint scheme from when they sold Purina products.
Ellijay Street Scene photo found on Webshots.
