Historic Browning Courthouse is the only standing building of its kind in the county. The old courthouse has stood as a prominent Tucker landmark since 1860 when it was built and established as a DeKalb County Circuit Court for Browning's Militia District #572, long before our area was known as Tucker. In 1988, the courthouse, now a small museum, was dedicated to Tucker's past, present and future.
Join your friends and neighbors to learn more about Tucker's history from the early 1820's to today. Historical society members will share archival photos, documents and family stories about life in Tucker over the past generations.
For more information on this event, visit Tucker Historical Society.
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This promises to be a full day of fun as the "Grand Opening" of Main Street is the same day from 4-9 p.m. So plan on coming out and joining all the festivities that will be going on in Tucker.
Also, the Masonic Lodge will be holding the annual Fall BBQ from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. This year instead of serving at the BBQ pits across from the post office they will be using their lower restaurant space below the lodge on Main Street.
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So plan on enjoying some of their great BBQ before going home after the Courthouse. Plates will be $9.00 and include (choice of meat, Brunswick Stew, Slaw, pickles, bread and a drink. Tables will be available for dining in or you can purchase whole hams 15-18 lbs for $50 as well as pounds of meat and pints or quarts of stew to take home and enjoy.
The Lodge will be open upstairs over the restaurants for tours and information from 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m. as well. Take a moment and walk through a piece of original Tucker History. Go upstairs in the lodge and see the inside of one of the oldest still functioning buildings that remains on Main Street.
Tucker Lodge #42 was chartered in 1940 and has been housed in the same building the Masonss built for it originally. Don't forget to look at the cornerstone on the front of the building for the date it was originally built. Oct. 15 promises to be a day of not only fun but historical as well. Come and join us for a full day of celebrating Tucker's history.