- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Calico House
- Creator:
- unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1887
- Subject:
- Drawing--Georgia--Atlanta
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Houses--Georgia--Atlanta
Hospitals--Georgia--Atlanta
Wesley Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Bell, Marcus A.
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Candler, Asa Griggs, 1851-1929
Poe, Orlando M. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Auburn Avenue, 33.755509, -84.376596
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Collins Street
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Courtland Street
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Wheat Street - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The old "Calico House," from engraving in Century Magazine of July 1887, illustrating article, "The Struggle for Atlanta," by General O. O. Howard. This article definitely places the old "Calico House" as General Sherman's headquaters. Courtesy the Carnegie Library.
View of the Calico House in Atlanta, Georgia
The Calico House, located at the southeast corner of Wheat and Collins Streets (now Auburn Avenue and Courtland Street respectively), was built in 1860 by Marcus Aurelius Bell, who lived in the house until 1876. The house was painted in shades of blue, yellow, and red to achieve a marbleized effect. Atlantans, however, believed the simulated effect looked like calico fabric and the nickname stuck throughout the building’s long life. During the Civil War, the house served as the headquarters of Sherman’s chief engineer, Captain Orlando M. Poe. In 1904, Asa G. Candler bought the building and it subsequently became the first home of Wesley Memorial, now Emory University Hospital. The hospital moved to the Emory University campus in 1922 leaving the building vacant. It was demolished in 1925. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/3136
- Additional Rights Information:
- The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please contact the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center for more information. Licensing and reproduction fees may apply.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History photograph collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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