- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Traveler's Rest State Historic Site [Sept. 2006]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Natural Resources. Parks and Historic Sites Division
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Natural Resources. Parks and Historic Sites Division
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Natural Resources. Parks and Historic Sites Division
- Date of Original:
- 2006-09
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Rack card
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA N200.P2 S1 T7 2006
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bn200-pp2-bs1-bt7-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bn200-pp2-bs1-bt7-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Furnished 1815 Stagecoach Inn and Plantation Home
ANNUAL EVENTS
Confederate Memorial Day Encampment (April)
Christmas Open House (2nd Sunday in December)
"Here I got an excellent breakfast of coffee, ham, chicken, good bread, butter, honey, and plenty of good new milk for a quarter of a dollar . . . What a charming country this would be to travel in, if one was sure of meeting with such nice clean quarters once a-day!"
English Geologist George W. Featherstonhaugh, 1837
Traveler's Rest, a stagecoach inn and plantation home, was built around 1815 by James R. Wylie, a stakeholder in the Unicoi Turnpike, a busy thoroughfare that passed nearby. Wylie operated the inn until the 1830s when he sold the place to Devereaux Jarrett, the "richest man in the Tugaloo Valley." Among other things, Jarrett doubled the size of Traveler's Rest, which also served as the headquarters of his 14,400-acre plantation. The Jarrett family inhabited the site until the 1950s, when the state of Georgia purchased the remaining few acres of the once-vast plantation and opened it to the public as an historic site. Thanks to its unique and well-preserved architecture, Traveler's Rest was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Today visitors can enjoy a tour of the house and see many original artifacts and furnishings, some of which were crafted by Caleb Shaw, a splendid cabinetmaker from Massachusetts.
Operated by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources 9/06
Located six miles east of Toccoa via U.S. Hwy. 123.
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS
Tallulah Gorge State Park -- camping
Toccoa Falls Tugaloo State Park -- camping
HOURS
Friday and Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 2-5:30 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Open Mondays on Memorial Day, Independence Day
and Labor Day weekends. Group rates available with advance notice.
INFORMATION
Traveler's Rest State Historic Site 11 Stage Coach Pvt. Dr. Toccoa, GA 30577 706-886-2256
Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites 2 MLK Jr. Drive, Suite 1352 Atlanta, GA 30334 404-656-2770
www.gastateparks.org