Norcross

Norcross, once described as "Atlanta's favorite summer resort" and promoted as the "healthiest locale on the globe," was established as a railroad stop in 1870 during Southern Reconstruction and is a city of Gwinnett County firsts, including the first library, apartment building, county fire station, automotive manufacturing plant, and the first city listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

About the author

Historian Sally Toole has collected fading legends of Norcross to show its past, and photojournalist Kate Awtrey's modern photographs convey Norcross as it is today.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Awtrey, Sally Toole
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2012
• EAN: 9780738591384
• ISBN: 978-0-7385-9138-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 231 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Series: Then & Now (Arcadia); Then and Now; Then & Now (Arcadia)
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous