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Old Ruskin Church in a Georgia Ghost Town

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Old Ruskin Church | Ware County Georgia | c.1895

Founded in 1895, a rural congregation formed and built this quaint church in the rural pines. The town of Duke, and later the town of Ruskin, formed around this church, although today, the church is all that remains.

The church no longer has regular services but is immaculately maintained by its stewards while it’s nearly-identical sister church, Ezekiel Methodist, sits nearby in ruins.

Historic Photos from the Ruskin Village

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