Mable House 1843 Plantation House, Mableton GA
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GA Cacher
N 33° 49.613 W 084° 34.512
16S E 724403 N 3745605
Mable House is dedicated to the history and traditions that created South Cobb County . Offering school field trips, tours, and the annual Dubard Storytelling Festival gives the community to glimpse the history around us all.
Waymark Code: WM2GF3
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2007
Views: 181
Just a little history...
Robert Mable (1803-1885), a native of Scotland, immigrated to
Savannah, Georgia. When he heard of the Georgia Gold Land
Lottery of 1832, he purchased 300 acres in the area that became
Cobb County. He and his family lived in a log cabin until 1843
when he built a sawmill and began construction of a plantation
plain house. Upon moving into the Mable House, the cabin became
the location of the first school (private) in Mableton.
The Mable House was used by Federal troops during the Civil War
as a field hospital. Wounded soldiers were cared for by Mrs. Mable.
This kindness was the basis for the decision to leave the Mable
House intact instead of burning the house and outbuildings.
The Georgia Pacific Railroad received land from Robert Mable.
When the depot was built on the south side of the tracks west of
Church Street, the engineer named the station "Mableton" after
the Mable family. Mableton became a city in 1912. Four years
later, the citizens voted to unincorporate to avoid the raising of
taxes to pay for needed road repairs.
Today the Mable House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The facility is under lease to the Cobb County Board of
Commissioners and is operated as part of the Cobb County Parks,
Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department.
The historic site comes alive when the Friends of the Mable
House host the fall Storytelling Festival, winter Holiday Tour
of Homes, school field trips and summer heritage camps.
The historic Mable House, ancestral home of the Mable family for
whom Mableton was named, is an example of a plantation plain house
constructed in 1843. It sits on the remaining 16 acres of the
original 400+ acre farm and includes a kitchen house, corn crib,
sweet potato house, storage barn, the family cemetery and the
original smokehouse and well. It was used as a hospital during
the Civil War and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house has been restored its original 1890's status and has no
running water. It is furnished with period furniture, some
original to the Mable family and has one room filled with
information about the family and the Mableton area. It offers a
wonderful opportunity to see life at a much slower pace than today
and is the home for the Friends of the Mable House's yearly
Storytelling Festival, which is held the first Saturday of
October. The house is open for tours, by appointment only,
guided by docents who are volunteers from the Friends of the Mable
House. Tours for groups of 8 and more or for school classes
should be arranged in advance by calling 770-819-3285.
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