By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
JUNE 25, 2024 | A Gwinnett resident has been named to a three year term on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Board of Trustees. He is Jeff Hopper of Norcross, who has been a member for 12 years, and has served on the board previously.
Founded in 1973, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is a statewide, nonprofit preservation organization. The Trust works for the preservation and revitalization of Georgia’s diverse historic resources and advocates their appreciation, protection and use.
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation helps Georgians to understand and appreciate the irreplaceable value of historic buildings and places and their relevance to modern life. We envision Georgians who promote careful stewardship and active use of these diverse resources and recognize the economic and cultural benefits of preservation.
Hopper
Hopper, who formerly was an owner of LDI Reproprinting, a blue printing company, and now is the company treasurer. It has 15 locations around the southeast. He and his wife, Pam, have been residents of Norcross for 26 years. They have two adult children. He has been chairman since inception of the Norcross architectural review board.
Other new trustees of the Preservation Board include:
- Leigh Burns (Atlanta);
- Les Callahan (Atlanta);
- Elaine Cook (Athens);
- Erik LaVelle (Atlanta);
- Joe Smith (Madison/Athens);
- Todd Strickland (Atlanta); and
- Bobby West (Atlanta).
Nick Bush (Macon) is the chairperson of Hay House and will serve as an ex-officio member of the board. Chairman of the board of the Georgia Trust is Tiffany Alewine of Savannah.
New owner: The Preservation Board has recently been given title to the former library on North Peachtree Street in Norcross. The building was most recently the home of the Norcross Woman’s Club.
The original Norcross library was started with a gift of $100 in 1907 by Norcross native Edward Buchanan, who made a fortune on Wall Street. The first location was at the Norcross school, and then was in a room at the Masonic Hall. Later Mr. Buchanan wrote a check for $2,500, wanting the town to have its own library building. It was dedicated in 1921. (Mr. Buchanan later lost most of his resources in a Wall Street crash.)
In 1957, the Norcross library joined the Gwinnett library, and needing more space, the library was moved to a former Southern Bell building on Carlyle Street. The library building became the Norcross Woman’s Club, which had built an addition behind the main library building. The Woman’s Club was active for many years.
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