The Norcross Welcome Center is a place for locals and tourists to discover Norcross's rich history as well as its modern attractions. Visitors to the Welcome Center will find photographs and newspapers of a time long ago, and discover our Historic Downtown area with its charming stores, appetizing restaurants, and beautiful parks. Stop by soon to learn more about the people and places of old Norcross or to pick up information on where to eat, shop, and play in historic Norcross, a place to imagine.
A passage on Norcross History
By Sally Toole, local author of Remembering Norcross: Nuggets of Nostalgia.
"A train whistle blows distant from the south. Soft at first listen, then it crescendos to a dish-rattling rumble assuring denizens that all is as it should be, as it has been, in Norcross, Georgia, for more than one hundred years. Since the late 1800's, children have scrambled alongside the tracks anxious to catch a glimpse of strong black engines powering past homes, churches and businesses.
Four settlements, Pinckneyville, Flint Hill, Beaver Ruin, and Mechanicsville, fed into the new town of Norcross, established by Jonathan Thrasher, a railroad man, who named the new town for his good friend, Jonathan Norcross, a business associate and the fourth mayor of Atlanta. Just twenty miles north of Atlanta, the City of Norcross, incorporated on October 26, 1870, was a popular business center attracting farmers to the mills as well as a resort town to which Atlanta's elite escaped the dust of the big city."
A passage on Norcross History
By Sally Toole, local author of Remembering Norcross: Nuggets of Nostalgia.
"A train whistle blows distant from the south. Soft at first listen, then it crescendos to a dish-rattling rumble assuring denizens that all is as it should be, as it has been, in Norcross, Georgia, for more than one hundred years. Since the late 1800's, children have scrambled alongside the tracks anxious to catch a glimpse of strong black engines powering past homes, churches and businesses.
Four settlements, Pinckneyville, Flint Hill, Beaver Ruin, and Mechanicsville, fed into the new town of Norcross, established by Jonathan Thrasher, a railroad man, who named the new town for his good friend, Jonathan Norcross, a business associate and the fourth mayor of Atlanta. Just twenty miles north of Atlanta, the City of Norcross, incorporated on October 26, 1870, was a popular business center attracting farmers to the mills as well as a resort town to which Atlanta's elite escaped the dust of the big city."
To learn more or view displays and exhibits, visit the Welcome Center located at Mitchell Road and Lawrenceville Street:
Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
678-421-2049
Please note that these are the temporary hours of operation.
Check back frequently for updates. If you are interested in
donating artifacts, volunteering, or setting up an exhibit, please contact Welcome Center Coordinator, Cate Kitchen.
