- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Porch (Traveler's Rest, near Toccoa, Ga.)
- Creator:
- Linley, John
- Date of Original:
- 1965-05
- Subject:
- Martin, Joseph
Wyly, James
White, Mary Jarrett
Vernacular architecture
Wood (plant material)
Brick
Inns
Plantation houses
Historic sites
Dwellings
Porches
Sites
Houses
Architecture--Georgia--Toccoa
Architecture--Georgia--Stephens County
Walton, Jesse, Major--Homes and haunts
Jarrett, Devereaux--Homes and haunts - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Stephens County, Toccoa, 34.57732, -83.33239
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: 6 miles east of Toccoa, Ga. via U. S. 123, on Route 3
Two-story wood frame plantation plain style inn on a stone foundation, featuring a 90-foot porch supported by eight square columns connected by a railing which spans the front of the house. Major Jesse Walton was attacked and killed by Cherokees in 1789 on this site. Two holes in the attic are said to have been used in repelling attacks by Native Americans. The structure was purchased in 1820 by Dr. Devereaux Jarrett, an Episcopal clergyman, who bought the site in 1833 and made it the center of his thriving plantation. In order to accommodate the growing number of travelers to northeast Georgia, he doubled the size of the structure. In 1966, Traveler's Rest was recognized as a National Historic Landmark because of its fine architecture, particularly the porch and hand-numbered rafters. For more information, see Linley, John. The Georgia Catalog: Historical American Buildings Survey. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, c1982, pp. 22, 25.
Slide annotated: "Travellers Rest."
Date of structure: 1784. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0465
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0465#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0465/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], John Linley, Box 19
- Extent:
- 1 slide : color
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
-
