Flashback Photos: 1884, when the rains last deserted us

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Atlanta hasn't had a rain-free spell as long as this since the days surrounding the election of Grover Cleveland to the office of President of the United States. Here are a few more things associated with that year, including a few historic Georgia buildings.

The building shown is Atlanta's first permanent city hall, built in 1854. It served as city hall until 1882 and was demolished in 1884. LBGPF7-023a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.Check out more of our Flashback Photos, including our look at the North Georgia Mountains that reaches back into the 1930s.

Theodore Roosevelt in a photo from 1884. Assuming the photo was taken in the first 3/4 of the year, the future 26th president would have been 25 years old (he was born Oct. 25, 1858). Photo courtesy Library of Congress

Speaking of Teddy Roosevelt, his mother Martha Bulloch died in 1884. She grew up in Roswell at Bulloch Hall, built in 1839 and still standing today. This photo was taken in 1905 when then-president Roosevelt visited Bulloch Hall. Photo courtesy Library of Congress

The Newton County Courthouse, built in 1884, and downtown Covington. Photo from 1980.

Aug. 18, 1952 - Atlanta, Ga.: Second Kimball House Hotel (dark building on right) was erected in 1884. View is of Pryor Street looking south. Trolley is turning onto Decatur Street.

070525 Cumberland Island --THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT--For thousands of years people have lived on Cumberland Island, but never in such numbers to permanently alter the character of the landscape. Revolutionary War hero Gen. Nathanial Greene purchased land on Cumberland Island in 1783. His widow, Catherine Greene, constructed a four-story tabby home she named Dungeness. In the 1890s, The Settlement was established for black workers. Thomas Carnegie, brother and partner of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, began building, with his wife Lucy, on Dungeness's foundations in 1884. The ruins of this mansion are seen here on Friday, May 25, 2007. CURTIS COMPTON / ccompton@ajc.com

December Milledgeville, GA: The Walker building on the campus of the Central State Hospital in Milledgeville was built in 1884, two years after the hospital officially opened in 1882. BRANT SANDERLIN / BSANDERLIN@AJC.COM

This is a photo showing the head of the Statue of Liberty on display in France early in 1884 prior to being shipped to the United States. (AP Photo/Files)

The old James mansion at Peachtree and Ellis Street, was the second Capital City Clubhouse, used from 1884 to 1911. The front door on Peachtree St. was for men; women used the Ellis St. entrance at left of photo.

COVINGTON: The historic Covington courthouse anchors the old town square, a center of activity and shopping in Newton County, as seen in this aerial photograph taken on July 14, 1995. The courthouse was built in 1884. (AJC Staff Photo/Curtis Compton)

The 1884 Kingstone Lisle in Rugby, Tennessee, was the home of Rugby founder Thomas Hughes. It is decorated with original Rugby and Victorian period pieces. Photocourtesy of Historic Rugby

The Paxton in Thomasville lets visitors enjoy the great outdoors (kayaking, skeet shooting, saltwater fishing) and an elegant indoor setting (the classic Victorian building dates to 1884, when it was a winter retreat for wealthy northerners). Photo courtesy of GPB

Another view of the 1884 Kingstone Lisle home of founder Thomas Hughes named after a family home in Berkshire, England, built in Rural Victorian style by Cornelius Onderdonk with board and batten construction Photo supplied by Historic Rugby Inc.

The Sanibel Island Lighthouse in Florida was first lit in August 1884. AP photo.

Construction of the fourth Cape San Blas Lighthouse in Florida began in 1884. Two of the first three succumbed to the elements, the other was burned during the Civil War. This photo shows the lighthouse in its current home in Port St. Joe. It was moved from the nearby cape in 2014 to shield it from the same fate that met two of its weather-dmamged predecessors.

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The building shown is Atlanta's first permanent city hall, built in 1854. It served as city hall until 1882 and was demolished in 1884. LBGPF7-023a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.Check out more of our Flashback Photos, including our look at the North Georgia Mountains that reaches back into the 1930s.

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