- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Cleveland historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--White County
Cities and towns--Georgia--Cleveland
Courthouses--Georgia--Cleveland - Location:
- United States, Georgia, White County, Cleveland, 34.59704, -83.76324
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Old White County Courthouse in Cleveland, on U.S. 129 and the intersection with Ga. 115
Text of marker: "CLEVELAND. When White County was formed in 1857, Mt. Yonah was selected as the County-seat. The majority of its residents wished to rename it Sheltonville for William H. Shelton, who sponsored the formation of the new county. Shelton asked that it be named Cleveland for his good friend and mentor, Benjamin Cleveland, who served 6 terms as representative, 8 terms as senator from Habersham County and was Brigadier-General from 1820 to 1826. Built of hand-made brick by slave labor, the White County Courthouse is modelled [sic] after Independence Hall in Philadelphia. 154-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_cleveland
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_cleveland
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
