- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Statham House historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Barrow County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Statham
Cities and towns--Georgia--Statham - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Barrow County, Statham, 33.96511, -83.59655
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Broad St. east of Jefferson St. in Statham
Text of marker: "STATHAM HOUSE. Built circa 1850. Owned by M. John C. Statham. He provided homes for widows of Civil War Veterans; donated land for right-of-way of railroad; streets for town, and a lot for a Methodist Church - now the city cemetery. Statham, incorporated Dec. 20, 1892, named in honor of its founder, M.J.C. Statham. First Post Office known as Barber's Creek, 1846; then DeLay, 1854; and changed to Statham in 1892. Statham was originally known as Calamit Village, part of the Talasee Colony on the Ocoloco Trail, inhabited by Creek and Cherokee Indians. In 1784 white settlers paid Indian Chief Umausauga 14 pounds of beads for land from Calamit to Snodon and Poganip, calling it Beadland. MARKER ERECTED BY CITY OF STATHAM JULY 30, 1977" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_statham-house
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_statham-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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