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One Day Itinerary - Local Landmarks - Lodging - Maps - Restaurants
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	1867 Train Depot - (104 N.Main Street) This Georgia granite building replaced the original wooden depot which stood near the Confederate Cemetery and was burned in 1864. At the peak of railroad travel, passenger and freight trains passed through day and night, and the Jonesboro-to-Atlanta commuter train, the Dummy, made five round trips a day. Today it serves as the Jonesboro Welcome Center. The Phone Number is 770-478-4800.
	Old Downtown Jonesboro (from Mill Street to Church Street). Many of these old buildings appear as they did before the Civil War, as the brick exteriors withstood fire while the interiors burned. In the late 1800's this rowdy downtown street housed 13 different saloons! A prominent citizen of the time complained that he had to move out of town to keep his adolescent sons out of the bad environment on Main Street. Now business and government offices alternate with several antique and gift shops along North and South Main Street.
	Clayton News Daily (138 Church Street) Once a cotton bagging house, part of Claud Hutchenson's bagging and tie business established here in 1901, which produced the burlap and metal packaging used to get cotton to the market. Private.
	Gayden-Sims-Webb House (158 Church Street) Built by Francis T.Gayden in the 1850's, it was the only brick house in Jonesboro before the civil war. Dr.Gayden was also a trustee at the First Baptist Church  and a captain in General Joseph Wheeler's Confederate Calvary.
	Mundy-Crowell-Burrel House (172 Church Street) Dating from the early 1900's, this house was built in a very popular style (there are at least three similar houses on McDonough Street). A central hall joins three rooms on the left and two on the right, and dormer windows indicate small rooms on the second story. Private.
	Methodist Superannuate Home (176 Church Street) Built in the early 1800's as a home for retired Methodist ministers, it appears almost exactly as it did originally. Private.
	Ashely Oaks Mansion (144 College Street) This most elegant home in Jonesboro was built in 1879 by Leander Hutchenson, Sheriff of Clayton County, of over 1 million hand made bricks. Each exterior home wall is 12 inches thick. Each of the four large rooms downstairs stands on its own independent foundation. Fully restored and open for tours with lunch included Tues-Fri at 11,12, and 1. Admission charged. Group tours and other functions by appointment.
	Looney-Hanes-Smith House G.C.Looney was president of the middle Georgia College, which was built in 1880 across the street on the site of the 1960's First Baptist Church. This 10-room house was built to house his family and border students. The Middle Georgia College later became the Jonesboro Public School School. The home is now known as The Jonesboro Greenhouse Bed and Breakfast and is open by appointment for tours and special events by calling (770)-477-1084 or at www.jonesborogreenhouse.com.
	Arnold-Lyle-Oakes House (192 Cloud Street) Probably the least changed of all historic houses in Jonesboro. Unlike most 19th century houses, the stairs rise from the back hall. Private.