Library Closed

September 08, 2012

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.
 
The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Historical Marker Dedication

September 08, 2012

The Waffle House

Waffle House Museum

2719 East College Avenue

Decatur, GA 30030 

1 p.m.

The Waffle House

At this location, on Labor Day 1955, Avondale Estates neighbors Joe Rogers, Sr. and Tom Forkner founded the first Waffle House restaurant.  The name was inspired by the most popular item on the original menu. The restaurant’s focus on fast-food speed and round-the-clock service reflected mid-century societal shifts toward an automobile culture.  As suburbs and the interstate highway system developed throughout the region and the nation, Waffle House grew to include over 1,600 locations nationwide, becoming an American cultural icon open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  In 2004 Waffle House reacquired the original restaurant building and opened it as a museum in 2008.

Erected by the Georgia Historical Society, the Waffle House, the City of Avondale Estates, and the Avondale Estates Downtown Development Authority