[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ededed” custom_padding=”10px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ custom_padding_phone=”50px|0|50px|0″ transparent_background=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]Ever since my parents moved to the area in the late 80s, I\u2019ve known about the Greshamville Mall. While I never once went inside, the place fascinated me.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d drive past on my way back to classes at UGA a little afraid to stop in since it didn\u2019t look real welcoming at the time.<\/p>\n
When Brian and I moved back to Athens and drove by the Greshamville Mall on our way home from my visiting my parents, we would joke about all the things we could do in this one little building. We could grab a slice of pizza, get a deer processed, pick up some bait and do our laundry simultaneously.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, I\u2019d see a group of older gentleman hanging around outside of it leaning against the wall or sitting on pickup truck tailgates drinking coffee.<\/p>\n
It appears the Greshamville Mall was the only thing in Greshamville other than the people who live there and three pretty churches. It\u2019s often used as a landmark for cyclists and fisherman enjoying recreation in the area.<\/p>\n
A book, Birding Georgia by Giff Beaton, also mentions it as a landmark but with some additional commentary on the name, \u201cAfter turning on Farmington, you will pass the ostentatiously named Greshamville Mall on your left which consists of one small building.\u201d<\/p>\n
This weekend, I Googled the Greshamville Mall and discovered its origins in an obituary of John \u201cPete\u201d Yearwood, a Greshamville resident who was a life-long resident of Greene County and passed away at age 90 in 2011. He served in the United States Army during WWII. He was a dairy farmer, operated chicken houses and sold real estate. In 1978, he built the Greshamville Mall which was named by his son, Jay. He sold it in the mid 80s.<\/p>\n
Not long ago, the Greshamville Mall closed. It looked awful and neglected with trash scattered all over the property, and the storage door hung open like a creepy horror movie scene where an evil clown is lurking inside. Someone has since cleaned the area, but the mall remains closed and the freaky door still hangs open.<\/p>\n
I regret never stepping inside to satisfy my curiosity, see the place and meet the people who worked there and frequented it. I bet they had some great stories to tell.<\/p>\n
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Ever since my parents moved to the area in the late 80s, I\u2019ve known about the Greshamville Mall. While I never once went inside, the place fascinated me. I\u2019d drive past on my way back to classes at UGA a little afraid to stop in since it didn\u2019t look real welcoming at the time. When Brian and I moved back to Athens and drove by the Greshamville Mall on our way home from my visiting my parents, we would joke about all the things we could do in this one little building. We could grab a slice of pizza, get a deer processed, pick up some bait and do our laundry simultaneously. Sometimes, I\u2019d see a group of older gentleman hanging around outside of it leaning against the wall or sitting on pickup truck tailgates drinking coffee. It appears the Greshamville Mall was the only thing in Greshamville other than the people who live there and three pretty churches. It\u2019s often used as a landmark for cyclists and fisherman enjoying recreation in the area. A book, Birding Georgia by Giff Beaton, also mentions it as a landmark but with some additional commentary on the name, \u201cAfter turning on Farmington, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-roam-ramble"],"yoast_head":"\n