Tag Archives: Putnam County Archives

The doors are now open to the Putnam County Archives, Veterans Hall and Doll Museum. “We have over 100 mannequins with fully dressed military attire, guns and all, and it’s really important to the families that their actual personal items are in those showcases,” Putnam County Archivist Glenn Jones said. “There’s over a thousand framed photographs of veterans and people ... Read More »

The Historic Bangham School now formally acknowledged with a historical marker by the Putnam County Archives. Archivist Glenn Jones said it is one of some 125 locations the archives office is researching. He said they try to find where they were, the year they opened, and the year they closed. “There used to be neighborhood schools and those schools were ... Read More »

Bids for Putnam County’s Archives and Veterans Building construction came in much higher than expected. County Mayor Randy Porter said construction costs have gone up since they originally placed out bids. “When the tornado destroyed the building last year, we started looking at estimates of what it would cost to replace it,” Porter said. “They were tremendously lower than what ... Read More »

Putnam County is considering housing the county’s archives and veteran’s museum in the future site of the Patton Doll House Museum. Mayor Randy Porter said the county has hired an architect to look at design drawings to see what will fit in the new building. Porter said it is an exciting possibility to have more space for the county’s archives ... Read More »