United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321Linley, John1960/1980Located at: 601 West Hancock Street, Milledgeville, Ga.Built on North Wilkinson circa 1825, the two-story clapboard, Milledgeville Federal-style house features a Palladian double portico with Doric pilasters and rectangular fluted columns on the first floor and Ionic pilasters and round fluted Doric columns on the second. The six-panel entrance door has a fanlight with spread eagle at its center. The columns of the lower floor have been replaced with larger substitutes. Inside, the large entrance hall opens into a wider stair hall with a circular staircase. The portico is wider than the stair hall and shelters a window in each adjoining room.The house provided lodging to visitors and legislators during the city's years as capital of Georgia (1807-1868) as the U.S. Hotel and the Beecher-Brown Hotel. In 1857 merchant Daniel B. Stetson purchased the home. From 1951-1966 Sanford House Tea Room operated in the home. The Sanford family donated it to the Old Capital Historical Society who moved it to West Hancock Street in 1966. HABS photos of the porch in 1936 show steps on the sides, but the restored house has steps leading up the front.For more information, see Linley, John. The Georgia catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey: a guide to the architecture of the state. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, c1982, p. 311 and Linley, John. Architecture of Middle Georgia: the Oconee Area. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, c1972, pp. 35-38.Date of structure: 1825.image/jpegForms part of: John Linley Collectionhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Old Capital Historical SocietyBrown, George T.Brown, John T.Beecher, SamBrown, ErasmusSanford, StetsonSanford, DanielSanford, MarahDecoration and ornament--Federal styleGreek Revival (Architecture)EuropeanWood (plant material)BrickHousesHotels (public accommodations)DwellingsHistoric house museumsMuseumsExhibition buildingsArchitecture--Georgia--MilledgevilleArchitecture--Georgia--Baldwin CountySanford, Stetson--Homes and hauntsSanford, Daniel--Homes and hauntsSanford, Marah--Homes and hauntsStetson, Daniel Burrell--Homes and hauntsStetson-Sanford House (Milledgeville, Ga.)Brown-Stetson-Sanford House (Milledgeville, Ga.)U.S. Hotel (Milledgeville, Ga.)Beecher-Brown Hotel (Milledgeville, Ga.)Sanford House Tea Room (Milledgeville, Ga.)Brown-Sanford House (Milledgeville, Ga.)StillImage