- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Stetson-Sanford House (Milledgeville, Ga.)
- Creator:
- Linley, John
- Date of Original:
- 1969-01
- Subject:
- Old Capital Historical Society
Brown, George T.
Brown, John T.
Beecher, Sam
Brown, Erasmus
Decoration and ornament--Federal style
Greek Revival (Architecture)
European
Wood (plant material)
Brick
Houses
Hotels (public accommodations)
Dwellings
Historic house museums
Museums
Exhibition buildings
Architecture--Georgia--Milledgeville
Architecture--Georgia--Baldwin County
Sanford, Stetson--Homes and haunts
Sanford, Daniel--Homes and haunts
Sanford, Marah--Homes and haunts
Stetson, Daniel Burrell--Homes and haunts - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located 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.
Slide annotated: "Sanford House."
Date of structure: 1825. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0561
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0561#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc0561/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], Hubert B. Owens, Box 41
- Extent:
- 1 slide : color
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
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