VININGS   HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY
       
Vinings History Timeline  
   
 
  1830.....

Hardy Pace settles in Vinings, wins Georgia land lottery

 
       
  1838..... Cherokee Indians leave Vinings  
       
  1864..... Sherman burns original antebellum Pace Home  
     
  1864..... Hardy Pace dies in Milledgeville, Georgia after war
     
  1874..... Pavilion, built by railroad as open air facility in Vinings
     
  1954..... Vinings Civic Club formed
     
  1977..... Earle Carter Smith Fountain Memorial created
     
  1978..... Vinings Village Women Club formed
     
  1982..... The Vinings Quilt completed
     
  1983..... Nellie Mae Rowe dies
     
  1986..... Vinings Jubilee completed - Phase 1
     
  1993..... Mrs. Vanneman, Great Grandaughter of Hardy Pace dies/property donated through will to VHPS
     
  1993..... VHPS formed (original Charter Board) to accept donated property from Pace estate
     
  1995..... Piedmont Hospital donates Vinings Center via ground lease
     
  1996..... Vinings Center completed
     
  1996..... Pavilion donated to VHPS by Tom Turrentine is moved to new home next to Pace House  
       
  1996..... Felix Cochran, developer of Vinings Jubilee, dies  
       
  1999..... Groundbreaking of Pace Pavilion facility  
       
  2000..... Completion of Pace Pavilion facility