8463 Burtons Ferry Hwy., Sylvania, Georgia. County/parish: Screven.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 29, 2011. NRIS 11000959.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
The Georgia Welcome Center was built in 1961 and formally dedicated early in 1962.
This was the first welcome center in Georgia, predating the arrival of the Interstate Highway System along the Georgia Coast. It is reportedly the oldest roadside welcome center in the U.S. that is still used for that purpose. It is on US Highway 301 in Screven County. less than 1 mile from the South Carolina border.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209435