- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Slaton House (Washington, Ga.)
- Creator:
- Owens, Hubert B.
- Date of Original:
- 1962
- Subject:
- Decoration and ornament--Federal style
Greek Revival (Architecture)
Vernacular architecture
European
Wood (plant material)
Houses
Dwellings
Architecture--Georgia--Washington
Architecture--Georgia--Wilkes County
Hillhouse, Sarah Porter--Homes and haunts
Hillhouse, David Porter--Homes and haunts
Callaway, Merrill P.--Homes and haunts
Toombs, Gabriel, 1813-1901--Homes and haunts
Wood, Julia Hardeman Toombs--Home and haunts
Slaton, T. Marion--Homes and haunts
Slaton, Russell--Homes and haunts
Slaton, Russell, Mrs.--Homes and haunts
Slaton family--Homes and haunts - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Wilkes County, Washington, 33.73679, -82.73931
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: 205 East Robert Toombs Avenue, Washington, Ga.
Two-story wood frame house with one-story wings featuring a portico with square columns and a banistered sun balcony above. The central part of the house was built in 1814 for Sarah Porter Hillhouse, who became editor of the Washington Gazette. The house began one room wide, with a shed room in the rear. It consisted of a basement, first floor, and second floor. After the death of Sarah Porter Hillhouse in 1831, David Porter Hillhouse owned the house. Merrill P. Callaway occupied the house from 1843 to 1869, when Gabriel Toombs purchased the house. Toombs added the one-story wings, which he brought from the old Toombs plantation on the Scull Shoals Road. The wings each have a large end chimney and are probably the oldest parts of the house. Toombs also added the porch, columns, balcony and balustrade, and surrounded the house with magnolia trees. Toombs occupied the house until his death in 1901. Mrs. Julia Hardeman Toombs Wood purchased the house in 1936 and renovated it. The property was purchased from the Wood estate in 1985 by T. Marion Slaton. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Slaton and the Slaton family have restored the house to its early Federal appearance. For more information see Newsome, Jane R., ed. At Home in Washington-Wilkes: A collection of 84 distinctive old residences and other attractions in one of Georgia's most historic towns. Washington, Ga.: Wilkes Publishing Company, Inc., c1986, pp. 25-26.
Slide annotated: "Washington, Ga. 1962."
Date of structure: 1814. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0009
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0009#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0009/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], Hubert B. Owens Collection, Box 45, Owens Library, School of Environment and Design, The University of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 slide : color
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
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