Location. Your Pilates experience will be enhanced by the unique, spa-like atmosphere of The Pilates Loft. Truly the “anti-gym,” the serene, peaceful setting includes relaxing water features, charming hardwood floors, and rustic brick walls. Part of the appeal is that—true to its namesake—the studio, with its high, open ceilings, really is a loft! Nestled in Newnan’s Historic Cotton Mill, The Pilates Loft is convenient to downtown Newnan and the City’s beautiful and picturesque historic residential districts.
The Pilates Loft of Newnan
110 Field Street #183A
Newnan, GA 30265
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A Bit of History.Newnan sits on land that originally belonged to the Lower Creek Indian Nation. Chief William McIntosh ceded the land to the federal government in the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825. After the treaty was signed, Coweta County was established, and the settlement of Bullsboro, two miles east of present-day Newnan, was named the county seat. In 1828 a new county seat was established and called Newnan, after Daniel Newnan (1780-1851), a noted soldier and Georgia statesman.
By 1829 Newnan had a new courthouse as well as churches and schools to provide for the families settling in the area. With the coming of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad in the early 1850s, other businesses were established: Newnan's first cotton warehouse was built, R. D. Cole Manufacturing opened a sawmill, and College Temple, a secondary school for women, was founded.
In 1860, 946 people lived in Newnan. Proud of their community, some of the residents had built spacious new houses on the streets surrounding the courthouse. During the Civil War (1861-65) Newnan escaped destruction. Because of its strategic position on the railroad, the town was selected as the site for a Confederate military hospital. The first surgical teams arrived in 1863 and took over most of the larger buildings in the town. As the number of war casualties grew, all the buildings, including schools, churches, and some of the larger houses, were used as medical facilities. In time 10,000 soldiers were housed in seven separate field hospitals scattered around Newnan, which was temporarily referred to as the "hospital city."
In July 1864 the Battle of Brown's Mill was fought three miles south of town. The Union troops of General Edward McCook attempted to seize the rail lines, but they were stopped by Confederate troops under the command of Major General Joe Wheeler. After the battle, wounded soldiers from both the North and the South were treated in the hospitals of Newnan.
After the Civil War the cotton textile industry expanded in the South. The Newnan Cotton Mill was organized in 1888, followed some years later by the East Newnan Cotton Mill.