Berrien Historical Foundation Limited

Berrien Historical Foundation Limited Located at Courthouse on Square, Nashville, GA. BHF meets quarterly at Carrie Dorsey Perry Memorial Library, Nashville, GA. Presentations announced here.

The Berrien Historical Foundation was formed to preserve, share, and display the history of Berrien County since its creation in 1856.This requires the gathering of oral and written histories, artifacts, and photographs of events, and families...

Hey Historical Foundation Members and Friends,I am currently researching the next episode of Little Country Stores, and ...
08/04/2026

Hey Historical Foundation Members and Friends,
I am currently researching the next episode of Little Country Stores, and can use any information or photos of these Stores and their owners or operators:

Pat Love Store —Vickers Church area
Naomi Lesher Store—Poplar Springs
Fronie Boyd Store—Poplar Springs
L S Browning Store—Hwy 125 Nashville
Archie W Connell Store—Hwy 129 Nashville
Eston and Emalois Rowe Store—Riverside Hwy 135
Widow King Store—Hwy 129 Tygart School Rd area
Web Hendley Store—East Berrien

Any information or memories of these stores that you can share may really help me in pursuing the histories of these community stores. I especially have need of photos of the stores and photos of the owners and operators of them. Sooner the better.

Just a friendly reminder of the Berrien Historical Foundation meeting tonight at 7:00 at the Perry Memorial Library in N...
07/16/2026

Just a friendly reminder of the Berrien Historical Foundation meeting tonight at 7:00 at the Perry Memorial Library in Nashville. The presentation tonight is on the historical Isabella-Nashville Road.
You will be surprised how much of it is still in use today. This is a video presentation and lasts 40 minutes. The room is air conditioned. Hope you will be in attendance as a lot of work went into producing this presentation.

Bryan Shaw
229-563-0586

“History of Isabella-Nashville Road” Video Presentation by the Berrien Historical FoundationThis Thursday Night, July 16...
07/13/2026

“History of Isabella-Nashville Road” Video Presentation by the Berrien Historical Foundation
This Thursday Night, July 16
Perry Memorial Library 7:00 p.m.
If you were driving on US 82 between Tifton and TyTy, or on US 319 between Tifton and Omega, you may have noticed, there are intersections named Isabella-Nashville Road.

If you turn onto either one, they will neither take you to Isabella nor to Nashville. But they once did. Actually there were two separate roads that went by that name, but to follow either of them, you need to know their story.
This Thursday evening, July 16th at the Perry Memorial Library the Berrien Historical Foundation will share a brief history and a video driving tour of one of the oldest roads in Berrien, Cook, Colquitt, or Worth County—The Isabella-Nashville Road. The program starts at 7:00 and is open to the public free of charge. For more information contact Bryan Shaw at 229-563-0586

The Day Smithsonian Came to Berrien” Photo essay by Wenda Gaile Bailey and commentary by Bryan Shaw, Thursday, April 16t...
04/02/2026

The Day Smithsonian Came to Berrien” Photo essay by Wenda Gaile Bailey and commentary by Bryan Shaw, Thursday, April 16th.

Almost ten years ago, the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street “Hometown Teams”, opened at the Nashville Community Center. And with it the local companion exhibit, “Berrien, Our Hometown Teams” opened in the Old Courthouse on the Square. All of the displays, activities, and hoopla attached to that historic day was documented by Nashville photographer, Wenda Gaile Bailey.
On Thursday, April 16, at the Perry Memorial Library starting at 7:00, the Berrien Historical Foundation Quarterly meeting will feature the premier showing of the docu-video “The Day Smithsonian Came to Berrien—A photographic essay by Ms. Bailey, with commentary by Bryan Shaw.
Come and relive the excitement of the historic day and all the planning and community involvement surrounding it for six weeks.
Admittance is free, with door prizes and Cracker Jacks to boot. Contact Bryan Shaw at 229-563-0586 for more information.

03/05/2026

Berrien Home Town Teams Exhibit
Reopens Saturday, March 14th
Old Courthouse on the Square, 2:00 to 5:00

It has been 10 years since the largest and most successful historical exhibit in the county’s history, the Smithsonian “Berrien Home Town Teams” display, opened in 2016. On Saturday, March 14, 2026 starting at 2:00, the Berrien Historical Museum in the Old Courthouse on the Square will hold a Mini-Grand Re-Opening of the exhibit that the Smthsonian Institution called “The Best Home Town Team Display in Georgia”. All of the wall panel displays have been re-installed, as well as the athlete banners, and several of the case displays. All the Berrien sports cards and sports magazines will be available free of charge. Even the Cracker-Jacks vendors and T-shirt door prizes will add to the festivities. Bring the entire family, especially those who were too young to remember how great that exhibit was, and to see what made it so memorable. For more information, contact Bryan Shaw at 229-563-0586.

January 2026 Berrien Historical Foundation meeting/quarterly program.
01/03/2026

January 2026 Berrien Historical Foundation meeting/quarterly program.

Berrien Historical Foundation Winter 2025 Newsletter:Our Oral History
01/03/2026

Berrien Historical Foundation Winter 2025 Newsletter:
Our Oral History

Berrien Native Lives ThroughWorst Hotel Fire in U.S. HistoryIt was early morning hours of December 7, 1946, exactly five...
10/09/2025

Berrien Native Lives Through
Worst Hotel Fire in U.S. History

It was early morning hours of December 7, 1946, exactly five years after the Sneak Attack of Pearl Harbor in 1941, and the Atlanta hotel that was “Absolutely Fireproof” erupted in flames. Two and a half hours later, 119 guests of the Winecoff Hotel were dead and 60 more had terrible injuries from the worst hotel fire in U.S. history. And a Berrien native was right in the middle of it.
This Thursday evening at 7:00 at the Perry Memorial Library, the Berrien Historical Foundation will present another video episode in its “Stories from the Best Little Museum” series. Learn more about this tragic event, and two other fascinating Berrien historical stories in this 45-minute program. The public is invited and free admission. For more information contact Bryan Shaw at 229-563-0586

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Berrien County Courthouse
Nashville, GA
31639

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