By Mark Scott, executive director of Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism • How much do you know about the Mt. Gilead area? Let’s find out. (The answers are at the bottom.)
- What building in Mt. Gilead was originally built by L.P. Byrd as Moore’s Livery?
- What Mt. Gilead building was altered in 1934 for use as a motion picture theater?
- What building in Mt. Gilead burned down in the late 1930s and was rebuilt as the Gilmont Theatre?
- The Mount Gilead Downtown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in what year: 1975, 1985, 1995 or 2005?
- Jordan Lumber & Supply Company started in Mt. Gilead in what year: 1929, 1939, 1949 or 1959?
- McRae Industries was founded with a primary focus on providing high-end: military boots, orthopedic shoes or children’s shoes?
- McRae Industries was founded in what year: 1955, 1959, 1965 or 1969?
- What is the Lilly Pad on Lake Tillery: A) a new restaurant featuring frog legs; B) a shorefront arcade room; C) a rental place to spend the night; or D) an inflatable cushion you sit on and other people jump on it, vaulting you into the lake?
- Which number is closest to the number of dry and wet slips available at Lilly’s Bridge Marina: 30+, 75+, 125+ or 250+?
10. What restaurant moved into the old Ford Place restaurant in 2018?
The answers:
- Mt. Gilead Town Hall
- Mt. Gilead Town Hall
- Mt. Gilead Town Hall
- 2005
- 1939
- Children’s shoes
- 1959
- A rental place to spend the night
- 250+
- Milano’s