- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- Stately Oaks before restoration, 1972
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Contributor to Resource:
- Vollertsen, Chuck
- Date of Original:
- 1972-06-07
- Subject:
- Historic Buildings
Greek Revival (Architecture) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clayton County, 33.54189, -84.35769
United States, Georgia, Clayton County, Jonesboro, 33.5215, -84.35381 - Medium:
- black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Caption: "Stately Oaks, which resembles novel's Tara, will be restored in Clayton County and opened to public. June 23, 1972" Caption: "It's not hard to imagine Scarlet O'Hara running over the red clay at Jonesboro toward any of a dozen white-columned antebellum mansions. Clayton County and its county seat of Jonesboro were the setting for Margaret Mitchell's famous Civil War novel, 'Gone With the Wind.' Although it's the 10th-fastest-growing county in the nation, the area retains the look of a small Southern town of a century ago. There is evidence of progress, of course, but more than 30 historical buildings remain in Jonesboro and the surrounding area. Many are unkown to tourists who swamp the Georgia Tourist Bureau with requests to see the 'Gone With the Wind' locale. Historical Jonesboro, Inc., an organization chartered in 1968, is working to highlight the city's historical past. It has gotten the 30 buildings listed on the National Historical Register, has begun work on restoration of some buildings and has plans for a series of museum and exhibition buildings. The first of the historical buildings, the train station built in 1867, will be open to the public July 1. The station, close to the modern county courthouse, is being developed as a battlefield museum and local information center. June 23, 1972 Journal"
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/8401
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:8401/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: AJCP582-017h, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive;
Photographic Collections; - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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