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Tourism & Shopping
The City of Byron's attractions include an abundance of interesting shops, antiques, and restaurants. Peach Factory Stores offer more than two dozen manufacturers' outlet stores with great buys for the entire family. Quaint antique shops and an antique mall featuring over 200 dealers in one space offer a unique shopping experience for antique lovers.

Use the following image map of the downtown area to see more about the interesting and unique sites the City of Byron has to offer its visitors. Simply click on any of the sixteen numbered areas on the map.


1. Jan's Kuntry Villa
200 Main Street
Jan's Kuntry Villa is a unique craft shop. Originally built as the family dwelling of the David Walker family around 1860, this shop also offers a full breakfast and lunch menu from Tuesday through Saturday. This house was also occupied for many years by the Henry Chisholm family.


2. The Byron Depot, c. 1870.
Center of Downtown Area
The Byron Depot is located in the exact center of town. On this site, is a historic railroad depot and caboose, beautifully restored to reflect times in Byron over a century ago. At this site is a museum showing the history of Byron through pictures, artifacts, and other memorabilia. Reputedly, more area-grown peaches were shipped through this site on a daily basis in the 1920s and 1930s than anywhere in the world.


3. Dr. Kay's Office
103 East Heritage
This 1930s clinic was the first of its kind in the area. It is estimated the doctor and nurse team of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Kay delivered over 3,500 babies in Byron. These babies remained with mothers for observation and were then driven home in a car converted into an ambulance. Dr. Kay's residence was located next to the clinic.


4. Peavy/Vinson/Sears Home
200 East Heritage
This 1911 Neoclassical Revival house was built by Mr. W. W. Peavy as a residence for his family. Mrs. Peavy insisted Mrs. Waite's grave, wife of one of Byron's first mayors, be moved from the property to the cemetery before construction began.


5. New South Cottage
202 East Heritage
This 1890 New South Cottage served as the Methodist parsonage until 1928.


6. Poole/Barnes Home
302 East Heritage
The Pool/Barnes home was built in 1910, following the death of Mrs. Poole's husband. With assistance of Byron friends, the dwelling was completed with one dollar remaining in Mrs. Poole's purse!


7. Vinson/Walker Home
304 East Heritage
The Vinson/Walker home was built in 1914 by H.J. Peavy for his daughter, Bertha and her husband, J.W. Vinson, a Byron druggist for many years.


8. Evans/Peavy/Herndon Home, C. 1890
205 West Heritage
The gabled ell Victorian cottage was built for the mother, wife and young daughter of James Guerry Evans from timbers sawed and cured on the Evans Plantation. The bricks of this house were at the plantation as well.


9. Warren/Pate Home
104 Howard Street
Another gabled ell Victorian, circa 1910, was built by Dr. Moultrie Warren, who designed the molds for the unique foundation blocks.


10. Walker/Nash Home.
108 Howard Street
The Walker/Nash home was built in the late 1800s on property originally owned and operated as a working farm by the David Walker family.


11. Richardson/Warren/Collins
113 West Heritage
This Georgian Cottage was built about 1860 by Dr. C. H. Richardson to be his son's residence. This house features a double front door with ornate trim over the windows.


12. Peavy/Robertson Home.
111 West Heritage
This home was built by David C. Dunbar for H. J. Peavy in 1887. The hipped roof on this house has a slight eave overhang with boxed dentil moulding.


13. Warren/McCary Home, c. 1914.
This Greek Revival two-story house was built by H.J. Peavy for his daughter, Sadie, and her husband, Dr. Moultrie Warren. This house has nine fireplaces and a front door with a small balcony supported by columns. The full front porch features a portecochere on the left and a matching side porch on the right.


14. Byron United Methodist Church
This church was built in 1922 and suffered a devasting fire in the 1960s. Much of the church was destroyed, except for the structure on the right, which was used as an education building. The original, small stained glass windows survived the fire without damage.


15. Vinson's Pharmacy (Closed), c. 1910.
100 Main Street
This shop, was originally constructed for Dr. Moultrie Warren as a doctor's office and drug store. Later, it became Vinson's Pharmacy, and then, finally, the Robertson's Pharmacy. Robertson's Pharmacy was a favorite gathering place for generations of Byronites. It has been completely renovated by the current owner H. W. Peavy, and currently houses the Byron Convention & Visitors Bureau and Welcome Center.


16. Memories Inn
403 Main Street
Memories Inn Bed and Breakfast, formerly known as the Aultman/Stephens home, was built in 1921 by Ross and Clint Hallman. This house features stately Corinthian columns said to have been imported from Italy. Today, Memories Inn serves as a bed and breakfast offering comfortable accommodations and decorated with antiques. Innkeepers, Fran and Mike Washko, and their staff, place the comfort and accommodation of their guests as their first priority in every respect. There are five spacious rooms available, each with ceiling fans and private baths. The home is centrally air conditioned for optimum comfort. For the business traveler, a computer center is available, as well as Fax and copier services on site.