- Collection:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presentation Slide Collection, 1968-2000
- Title:
- Chief Vann House
- Creator:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Contributor to Resource:
- Vann, James, 1765 or 1766-1809
- Date of Original:
- 1970-09
- Subject:
- Architecture
Historic sites--Georgia--Murray County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Murray County
Architecture, Domestic--Georgia--Murray County
Cherokee Indians--Social life and customs
Cherokee Indians--Social conditions
Cultural property--Protection
Historic preservation--Georgia
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Murray County, Chatsworth, 34.76591, -84.76994
- Medium:
- color slides
historic preservation
historic buildings - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- The Chief Vann house was built around 1805 for Cherokee leader James Clement Vann. During the 1790s, Cherokee leader James Vann, a wealthy planter, established the largest and most profitable plantation in the Cherokee Nation, covering 1,000 acres of what is now Murray County. Vann was murdered in 1809 and succeeded by his son Joseph, who inherited the property. However, by the 1830s, the Vann family lost their home, and nearly the entire Cherokee Nation was forced onto the infamous Trail of Tears to vacate their ancestral homes and rebuild what they could in the Cherokee Territory of Oklahoma. Today the Vann House survives as one of Georgia’s best-preserved historic Cherokee homes. Variant names include: Chief Vann House. See ref # 69000044 (Vann House) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-listed-20240710.xlsx and https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/preservation-laws/m-8872/
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_311
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_311#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_311/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Rights:
-
