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Lakeland: Georgia's

Historic City Murals

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Learn About the Murals

Milltown Murals are wall paintings that have a two-dimensional effect with the installation of life-szie figures of local citizens from the 1925 era. This is when Milltown's name was changed to Lakeland. In 2006, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue visited the city where he issued a proclamation naming Lakeland "Georgia Historical Mural City." Tour information is available at the Chamber's Office in "The Welcome Center."


Our newest mural (#33) is William Hughes and his wife Elizabeth sitting on a bench behind R. L. Patten & Son store. Fondly known in the community as "Uncle Billy," he was a successful famer and loyal member of Old Union Primitive Baptist Church.

Our Artists

The murals of Lakeland were painted by Ralph Waldrop and Billy Love of Columbia, South Carolina . The first mural was commissioned in 1998 by Nell Patten Roquemore.

Milltown, GA

(circa 1925)

  • A painting of a wooden house with a porch and a horse drawn carriage.

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    #1 Banks Lake Mill House

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  • A white building with a statue of a man standing in front of it

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    #2 The Byrd Building

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  • A model of a house with people on the porch

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    #3 The Church Hotel

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    #3 The Church Hotel

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  • A building with a porch and a horse drawn carriage in front of it

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    #3 The Church Hotel

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  • A red building with a gas pump in front of it

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    #4 The Standard Station

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  • A red building with white garage doors and a sign that says carrion

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    #4 The Standard Station

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  • A brick building with a horse drawn carriage and a car parked in front of it.

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    #5 The Old Post Office

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  • A painting of two men standing next to a car on a brick wall

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    #5 The Old Post Office

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  • A painting of people standing in front of a brick building

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    #6 Lakeland Becomes Lakeland

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  • A painting of a man and woman standing next to a car on a brick wall

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    #6 Lakeland Becomes Lakeland

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  • A mural of two men in front of a town hall

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    #6 Lakeland Becomes Lakeland

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  • A brick building with a white awning that says carter grocery co.

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    #6 Lakeland Becomes Lakeland

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  • A sign on a brick wall that says milltown becomes lakeland

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    #6 Lakeland Becomes Lakeland

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  • A rusty propane tank sits on the side of a building

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    #7 The Local Jail

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  • A building with a sign on the door that says lacomb

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    #8 R.N. Burch, M.D.

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  • A building with a yellow awning that says lakeland drug company

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    #8 R.N. Burch, M.D.

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  • A painting of people riding horses in front of a log cabin

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    #9 The Log Cabin

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  • A mural on the side of a building shows people standing in front of a log cabin.

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    #9 The Log Cabin

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  • A group of people standing outside of a stapleton grocery store

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    #10 Stapleton's Grocery

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  • A large black train is painted on the side of a building.

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    #11 Milltown Air Line Locomotive

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  • A train is parked in front of a stop sign

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    #11 Milltown Air Line Locomotive

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  • A white house with a green roof and two girls on the side

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    #12 The Pattern Playhouse

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  • A couple of horses are standing in front of a wooden shed.

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    #13 Shoe Shop, Blacksmith

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  • A red brick building with a barber pole in front of it

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    #14 M.E. Johnson, Attorney at Law

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  • Two men standing in front of a brick building with a sign that says pioneers

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    #15 E.D. Rivers, Attorney at Law

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  • A painting of people sitting on a car in front of a church

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    #16 The Old Churches

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  • A mural of a family standing in front of a church

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    #16 The Old Churches

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  • A painting of a man riding a horse drawn carriage in front of a building that says n.a.l.

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    #17 The Cotton Warehouse

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  • A white building with the name r.l patten & son on it

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    #17 The Cotton Warehouse

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  • A group of people are standing in front of a ford sign

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    #18 Milltown Motor Company

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  • A mural on the side of a building shows people and a truck

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    #19 Howell & Simpson

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  • A cardboard cutout of louis smith m.d. and his family

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    #20 Louis Smith M.D.

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  • A group of people are standing in front of a brick building.

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    #21 Mary Robinson Youth Building

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  • A family standing in front of a building that says wilcox barber shop

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    #22 Wilcox Barber Shop

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  • Two women are standing next to each other in front of a red brick wall

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    #23 Mrs. M.J. Bostick and Naomi

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  • Lakeland drug co. has a blue awning on the front

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    #24 The Drugstore

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  • Lakeland drug co. is located on the corner of a street

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    #24 The Drugstore

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  • A painting on the side of a building that says patten cold storage

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    #25 The Ice House

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  • Two black and white cows painted on a white wall

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    #26 The Cows

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  • A man in a suit is standing in front of a brick building

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    #27 W.M. Pafford

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  • A sign for the junction hangs from the roof of a building

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    #28 George Murrell

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    #29 The Watson Building

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  • A red brick building has a black awning over the door

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    #30 The Lee Building

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  • A red brick building with a tractor painted on the side

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    #31 The Hotel Milltown

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  • A red brick building with a painting of a truck and two men on the side

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    #31 The Hotel Milltown

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    #31 The Hotel Milltown

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  • A horse drawn carriage is painted on the side of a barn

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  • A painting of a house with a sign that says oaklawn baptist church

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    #32 Oaklawn Baptist Academy

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  • A white picket fence surrounds a mural on the side of a building

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    #32 Oaklawn Baptist Academy

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  • A group of people are standing on a porch of a house.

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    F-1 The George Howell House

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  • A painting of a factory with smoke coming out of the chimneys.

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    F-2 Milltown Lumber Company

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  • A black and white photo of a large white house with a porch.

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    F-3 Lee-Banks Hotel

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  • A painting of a family on a horse drawn carriage

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    F-4 The Lee Ladies

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  • A black and white photo of a crowd with a sign that says vc

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    F-5 Patten Tobacco Field

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  • A painting of a soldier holding an american flag says lest we forget

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    F-6 WW1 Soldier Tribute

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  • A row of stores with green awnings on a cloudy day

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  • A mural on the side of a building with a tree in front of it

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