- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Gantt House historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Cobb County
Homesites--Georgia--Marietta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.9526, -84.54993
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 3035 Lower Roswell Rd. just west of Old Canton Rd, Marietta
Text of marker: "GANTT HOUSE c. 1880. John D. Gantt came to Cobb County in the 1850s with his parents and siblings, and married in 1858. Although the family's farm was destroyed during the Civil War, they rebuilt and continued to acquire land. Years later, the family built this house, which featured 6 rooms, 2 porches and 4 fireplaces. After John's passing in 1903, the property remained in the Gantt family. John's son Jasper eventually became sole owner and in 1922 owned approximately 195 acres. Jasper died in 1937 without heirs. The land that included the house was sold in 1950, but the vast majority of the estate was eventually developed into the surrounding subdivisions." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_gantt-house
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_gantt-house
- 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:
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