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Gwinnett park wins historic preservation award
April 19, 2011
Gwinnett County’s Freeman’s Mill Park has won the Excellence in Restoration award from the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.
The county bought the Lawrenceville grist mill and 12 acres in 2001. It restored the mill, which is typical of those that would have been found along rivers throughout Georgia in the mid-19th century. The mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Freeman’s Mill Park opened in 2009.
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David Wickert writes about the state budget, finance and voting issues. Previously, he covered local government and politics in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.
