- Collection:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presentation Slide Collection, 1968-2000
- Title:
- Stable at Sam Jones House
- Creator:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Contributor to Resource:
- Jones, Sam P. (Sam Porter), 1847-1906
Macgregor, Elizabeth Z. - Date of Original:
- 1972-09
- Subject:
- Architecture
Historic sites--Georgia--Bartow County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Bartow County
Architecture, Domestic--Georgia--Bartow County
Building, Brick
Evangelists
Cultural property--Protection
Historic preservation--Georgia
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Cartersville, 34.16533, -84.80231
- Medium:
- color slides
brick (clay material)
barns
carriage houses
historic preservation
historic buildings - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- In the National Register for Historic Places application form prepared in 1972 by Elizabeth Z. Macgregor for the Georgia Historical Commission: Roselawn, the home of evangelist Sam Jones (1847-1906), is an example of a cottage that grew into a rambling Victorian house between 1870 and 1895. This house along with a study, carriage house, smokehouse and kitchen constitute the Jones' estate. The original home of Sam Jones was a four bedroom cottage; but when expansion became necessary and his wife did not want to give up her cottage, this cottage was elevated to its present height and braced with stilts while the first floor and basement were built underneath. Presently the house stands as a pale yellow, three story, elaborately detailed, frame Victorian house on a high foundation of brick, granite and stone. The grounds of the Sam Jones House have grown up with small vegetation; however, with a small amount of work the grounds could again be reminiscent of "Roselawn," with over 200 rose bushes. The exterior sidewalk between the main house and the carriage house is made of marble slabs and lined with shrubbery. A wrought iron picket north and west property lines. Roselawn, as an unusual example of the organic growth of a Victorian house–only surpassed by the fact that it was the home of evangelist Sam Jones. Samuel Porter Jones, born in Oak Bowery, Alabama, October 16, 1847, led a rather dissipated life until his conversion in 1872. His mother died when he was nine years old and in 1861 his father, a Cartersville, Georgia lawyer, left to fight for the Confederacy, the compounding result of which left Sam Jones in a less than stable state. He started school once again when his father returned from the War; The attended the school of Honorable W. H. Felton and later Euharlee High School, but his health prevented his continuing with college. He eventually studied law and was admitted to the Bar, but with his continued drinking, within a few years he was destitute. Jones' father died in August of 1872 and on his death bed he made Sam promise to meet him in heaven. From that day on he lived by that promise. One week after his conversion, he was called upon to preach in his grandfather's church by October of 1872 he was licensed to preach by the North Georgia Conference and was to serve circuits in Polk, Floyd, Newton, and Jasper counties. In 1881 he was appointed agent for the North Georgia Orphan's Home, saving it from financial ruin by his evangelistic work. His first recognition from the newspapers was during a revival meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, in January, 1883, which laid the foundation for his fame as a pulpit orator. His most remarkable revival was in Nashville, Tennessee, where the Ryman Auditorium (now the Grand Old Opry) was erected to accommodate the crowds who came to hear him preach. ("it was built by Captain Ryman, a convert of Jones' preaching.") "s am Jones' lectures and revivals covered the United States and parts of Canada. He was one of the most influential Southerners of his generation. The carriage house, also referred to as a "s table,"" to the southwest, is a brick building with a long, low sloping pitched roof with a lively expression of long brackets, arched entrances, and a cupola large enough to be in proper scale to the carriage house itself. It has seven stalls constructed of heavy timbers, an area for three or four carriages and a tack room. At one time wine-colored satin curtains were in all of the windows. Variant names include: Stable at Sam Jones House, Stable at Samuel Porter Jones House, Rose Lawn, Roselawn. See ref# 73000607 (Roselawn) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-listed-20240710.xlsx
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_338
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_338#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_338/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:
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