Chipley Historical Center

05/29/2026

Our Caboose was featured! We are thankful to Robert Brackett for leading the charge to getting it updated and to Norfolk Southern for the support. Be sure to come visit and take your picture with it to share!

05/29/2026

The Haints, Saints, and Sinners program at Meriwether Historical Society this Sunday 5/31 has been cancelled! Will be rescheduled later, date TBA.

05/29/2026

Throwback Thursday 5-28-26
Block of Broad St from our 1952 scrapbook. Note the well house in the foreground. According to the late Franklin Davenport, that well is still there under the street and flower bed in the median.

05/22/2026

Throwback Thursday 5-21-26
Moving on down the block on Broad Street from Dr. Ellis's office, here's the Farmers and Merchants bank.

05/15/2026

Throwback Thursday 5-14-26
So, did you go here for shots or checkups? The office of Dr. William Phelps Ellis in 1949. The building is located on Broad Street.

05/08/2026

5-7-26 Throwback Thursday
An early view of McDougald Ave in Chipley/Pine Mountain. You can see the Methodist Church on the far left, the 1908 City Hall building and the 2-story former apothecary building on the right. The apothecary building became the Coca-Cola bottling plant from 1909-1917. The building on the left corner was a blacksmith shop; the post office stands there now. The current city hall building is between the blacksmith shop and the 1908 City Hall building.

05/03/2026

05/01/2026

Check out the podcast on Sunnyside School!

God Bless Sunnyside

05/01/2026

Throwback Thursday for April 30, 2026
Sorry I'm a day late - internet issues last night!
There are no pictures this week, only descriptions of two other tornadoes that tore through the area. The first one was on March 20, 1875. Louise Barfield describes those in her History of Harris County book. The other tornado happened on April 15, 1884. Our descriptions of this storm come from The Columbus Daily Times 4-17-1884.

04/24/2026

Throwback Thurs 4-23-26
One more pic of the 1908 Chipley tornado
Next week we'll switch to some other storms you may not know about.

04/17/2026

Throwback Thursday 4-16-26
Since houses were destroyed by the 1908 tornado, many Chipley citizens lived in tents.