- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Old Eagle Tavern historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Hancock County
Taverns (Inns)--Georgia--Sparta
Historic hotels--Georgia--Sparta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hancock County, Sparta, 33.2757, -82.97626
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Across Street from Hancock County Courthouse, Sparta
Text of marker: "OLD EAGLE TAVERN. The Eagle Tavern, built in the late 18th century, once stood on the site of the present Lafayette Hotel. A stage coach stop on the Augusta to Macon line, the tavern owned by a Mr. A. Abercrombie was the scene of a great ball held for the Marquis de LaFayette in 1825. Burned in the late 1830's, the Tavern was replaced by the present structure in 1840 when it was known as the Edwards' House. Renamed the Drummer's Home in 1897 it was, in 1900, voted by traveling men the most popular hotel in Georgia and received a silver wine dispenser from the Georgia Hotel. 070-2 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_old-eagle-tavern
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_old-eagle-tavern
- 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:
-
