Mary Gay House - GHM 044-89 – DeKalb Co., GA
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N 33° 46.364 W 084° 18.273
16S E 749615 N 3740222
Mary Gay House located at 716 West Trinity Place, Decatur Ga.
Waymark Code: WM2DTD
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member mtn-man
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MARY GAY HOUSE

Author, poet, historian and Confederate heroine ~ Mary Ann Harris gay (1824-1918) lived in this house from 1850 to 1914. She is best known for her Life in Dixie During the War which describes the Union Siege of Atlanta and the tribulations of the home front, from this house. Miss Mary and her family, the Stokes, witnessed the skirmishing in Decatur on July 22, 1864, while hiding in the cellar. General Kenner Garrad’s cavalry headquartered on the property where the house once stood.

The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and moved from Marshall Street to this site by Junior League of DeKalb County, inc. in 1979.

GHM 044-89 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1981


Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: GHM 044-89

Date: 1981

Sponsor: Not listed
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