Historic Plaque Installed

On Thursday, January 7, 2016 Feral received the fourth historic plaque in the 2015-2016 series of ten plaques dedicated to downtown buildings. The ceremony took place at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 7 in front of Feral.

These buildings originally housed Red Apple Grocery and Sears.  Over the years the buildings have been combined into one to allow for more space.  Cato’s was housed here in the 1980’s and 1990’s.  Majorie Bowen opened Milady’s, a ladies boutique, in the late 1990’s.  This store was located here until 2005 when Stephanie Ayers opened an English Import Antiques business.  In 2008 the building was once again divided in two by Bob and Carla Weher to house Toccoa’s Fireplace and Olie’s Ice Cream.  Karly Herring turned the two separate spaces into one again when she purchased the building in 2013 to expand her women’s clothing boutique—Feral.

The ceremony was brief and memorable, drawing Feral owner Karly Herring as well as employees of Feral, members from the Toccoa Historic Preservation Commission, Toccoa City Commissioner, fellow downtown business owners, and community members.

For further questions, please contact Weslie Clark at the Main Street Office in City Hall at 706.898.5777.