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Once-abandoned North Hall general store now an antiques, folk art shop
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Wesley and Michelle Jackson have taken and old general store along Lula Highway and restored it for their business Crazy Mule Arts and Antiques. The Jackson's have their antiques, primitives, pottery, & folk art and well as other vendor's antiques. - photo by Scott Rogers
Like the many travelers on the busy but rural stretch of Ga. 52 in North Hall, Wesley Jackson frequently passed the abandoned general store, noticing it only as a rickety reminder of days gone by. But when the “For Sale” went up in front of the shotgun-style building with faded siding and buckling floors, Jackson hit the brakes.
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PHOTOS: 2025 North Georgia Home Show
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The 2025 North Georgia Home Show fills the Lanier Technical College Ramsey Conference Center Saturday, April 5, 2025, with exhibitors offering a wide variety of services and products, ranging from handyman services, flooring, gutter protection, garage doors, pressure washing and landscaping, to roofing, painting, septic services and more.

by Scott Rogers
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