- Collection:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presentation Slide Collection, 1968-2000
- Title:
- Washington Historical Museum
- Creator:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Contributor to Resource:
- Semmes, Albert Gallatin, 1810-1883
Sneed, Mary
Barnett, Samuel Jack, 1842-1896
Slaton, William Armstrong, 1878-1954 - Date of Original:
- 1960/2000
- Subject:
- Architecture
Historic sites--Georgia--Wilkes County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Wilkes County
Architecture, Domestic--Georgia--Wilkes County
Duplex houses
Saltbox houses
Cultural property--Protection
Historic preservation--Georgia
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Wilkes County, Washington, 33.73679, -82.73931
- Medium:
- color slides
duplex houses
combinations of rooms
duplex apartments
saltbox houses
historic preservation
historic buildings - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Originally built by Albert Semmes (1810-1883) and built as a 2 over 2 house (duplex) in the saltbox style circa 1835. The house was sold to Mary Sneed in 1836.Later owned by Samuel Barnett (1842-1896), Georgia's first railroad commissioner and editor of the Augusta Chronicle. Barnett's heirs sold it to William Armstrong Slaton in 1913 who held the property until his death in 1954. Variant names include: Washington Historical Museum. See ref # 70000227 (Washington-Wilkes Historical Museum) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-listed-20240710.xlsx and Georgia Historical Commission marker number 157-31. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=26511 ,
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_482
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_482#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_482/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:
-
