Our history begins back in 1882 when the Southern Railway came through here. The stop was named Braswell for sawmill owner, Henry Braswell. It was the location of the only tunnel on Southern Railway's Chattanooga to Atlanta rail line.
On December 13, 1895, Braswell becomes an official city.
In conjunction with William McCracken, Henry Braswell supplied crossties and bridge timbers to Southern Railway which is now Norfolk Southern Railway and Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
Organized in September of 1922 on land donated for the purpose from Mr. R. F. Taylor and J.B. Camp. According to the history, the church was built by the members, who also built the pews and the pulpit.
Credit: HRCGA.org photo by Andy Sarge
The original tunnel was bypassed in 1979 by cutting through Braswell mountain slightly to the east. Another nearby tunnel, the Brushy Mountain tunnel on the former route of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, is currently used by bicyclists and joggers as a part of the Georgia/Alabama Silver Comet Trail.
