United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, 34.80561, -84.96722United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Dalton, 34.7698, -84.970221976Dalton, ca. 1976. Blunt-Kirby home located at 506 South Thornton Avenue was built in 1848 by Ainsworth Emery Blunt. The home has continued to be occupied by members of his family. Blunt arrived in Cross Plains, now known as Dalton, in 1843. He served as postmaster of the community. In 1847 when Cross Plains was incorporated as Dalton, he was elected its first mayor. His daughter, Lillie, married Thomas Miles Kirby.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/Architecture--Georgia--DaltonDomestic life--Georgia--DaltonGeorgia--Politics and government--Dalton[Photograph of Blunt-Kirby home, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, ca. 1976]StillImage