- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Martha Lumpkin Compton Residence
- Creator:
- unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1910
- People:
- Compton, Martha Lumpkin, 1827-1917
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the residence of Martha Lumpkin Compton in Athens, Georgia.
Martha Lumpkin Compton (1827-1917) was born in Athens, Georgia, and was the youngest daughter of Governor Wilson Lumpkin and Annis Hopson Lumpkin. The site of Atlanta was named Marthasville in her honor from 1843-1845. She married Thomas M. Compton in 1878. She is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia, in a plot donated by the city in 1907. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.3389.001
ahc1703389001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1965
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission ofr use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission ofr use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
