Tour guide training was given to a group of ten people in the History Museum at the Depot on Sunday, April 24. We are so lucky to have people interested in providing special tours and guidance at the museum. Thanks to all who came! To request a tour, you can call (984) 200-9612 or email […]
On March 3, The Garner Area Historical Society provided a "drop-in" presentation/exhibit in honor of Black History Month at the Southeast Regional Library. The exhibit honored some of Garner's outstanding Black educators from decades past and the importance of the early Rosenwald schools in our area. We also recognized outstanding citizen activists whose tireless efforts […]
The Garner History Museum at the Depot has hosted over 200 visitors in its first few months of operation. We are excited that folks are discovering us, particularly those who are newcomers to the Garner area and parents with children. The Museum is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., as […]
Featured in the March, 2022 issue of Our State magazine, the Clara Craven Book Club of Garner is celebrating its 75th anniversary! Founded by the late Katie Corbett during World War II, these women have met for cultural and literary enrichment for many years. Their namesake was the widow of a local Methodist pastor. Limited […]
The Garner Area Historical Society is excited to announce the Grand Opening of the Garner History Museum at the Depot on Saturday, November 20, 2021. The celebration of the Museum's opening will take place from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The Museum is located at 106 Pearl Street in Historic Downtown Garner.
The Town of Garner and the Garner Area Historical Society recently partnered with the Johnston County Heritage Center and Bingham descendants to place a monument on the grave of the first postmaster and mayor of Garner's Station, Thomas A. Bingham. The historic Smithfield Riverside Cemetery was the burial site of Thomas Bingham, his wife and […]
In recent months GAHS has acquired a number of artifacts with historic significance to Garner. We are particularly grateful for several beautiful, vintage 1920's and 1930's clothing items donated by Board member and area native Anne Phillips Holland. They are being cleaned, restored, and made ready for display. Thanks to Jon Shearin, Paul Cox and […]
As they say in the country, "we're in the short rows" toward the goal of opening the Garner Depot History Museum. As of this writing, exterior repairs and updates are about 95% complete, including work needed to make the Depot compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. We were slowed by the difficulty of getting […]
Congratulations to two student members of the Garner Area Historical Society, Bethany and Luke Crawford. Bethany and Luke created models of Garner's Historic Depot during all of its stages for the Tar Heel Junior Historians Association competition. They won a third place award for their effort! The statewide competition was sponsored by the N.C. Museum […]
Historian Kaye Buffaloe Whaley has recently discovered that the historic Garner Depot is actually older than originally thought: it dates to at least 1900. Mrs. Whaley discovered an interesting article in a 1900 issue of the News & Observer which indicates that the Depot in Garner was robbed that year. (The thief or thieves […]
