- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Tomlinson Fort House (Milledgeville, Ga.)
- Creator:
- Owens, Hubert B.
- Date of Original:
- 1969-01
- Subject:
- Cline, Mary
O'Connor, Edward, Mrs.
Decoration and ornament--Federal style
Greek Revival (Architecture)
European
Wood (plant material)
Brick
Houses
Parsonages
Dwellings
Inns
Architecture--Georgia--Milledgeville
Architecture--Georgia--Baldwin County
Methodist church buildings
Fort, Tomlinson, 1787-1859--Homes and haunts - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: South Liberty and West Greene Streets, Milledgeville, Ga.
Two-story wood frame house with parallel pitched roofs, featuring a full length porch and balcony across the front. The balcony is supported by six fluted Doric inspired columns and the balcony roof is supported by smaller columns of the same design. The balcony is enclosed by a balustrade. The house has been added to over the years. The house once served as the headquarters for the "Ladies Relief Society." The State Historical Marker at the house reads: "At this site lived Tomlinson Fort (1787-1859). A leader of the Union Party, he studied medicine and wrote a widely used book on medical practice. A captain in the War of 1812, he served in the Georgia legislature and the U.S. Congress, and on the board of governors of the University of Georgia. He founded the Federal Union in 1830 and was president of the Central Bank of Georgia. As early as 1822 he advocated replacing the Poor School Fund with a public school system. He was instrumental in establishing at Milledgeville in 1837 the Georgia Lunatic Asylum, now the largest state institution in Georgia." For more information see Linley, John. Architecture of Middle Georgia: the Oconee Area. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, c1972, pp. 71-72.
Slide annotated: "Milledgeville, Ga. Old Inn."
Date of structure: 1820. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0365
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0365#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_hbo0365/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], Hubert B. Owens Collection, Box 41, Owens Library, School of Environment and Design, The University of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 slide : color
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
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