Built by the Ingleside Water Company c. 1920, this building once housed the Athens Water Works and served as Precinct 11 during the election of August 1, 1946. When Thomas Gillespie, a local black man, arrived around 3 p.m. to cast his vote, he was shot by a deputy. Later, two GI poll watchers, who were held here in order to "verify" the vote count, jumped through the plate glass window to escape the deputies. Not long after, the deputies removed the ballot boxes to the Jail on White Street.