033-41, SITE - LACY HOTEL
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mtn-man
N 34° 01.421 W 084° 36.909
16S E 720198 N 3767346
One of five markers in downtown Kennesaw. The history of the old Lacy Hotel is discussed. The hotel is now gone and the museum hosting "The General" stands on the site.
Waymark Code: WMN4R
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/23/2006
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SITE - LACY HOTEL
Eastward across R. R. stood the 2-story frame hotel, leased by George M. Lacy in 1859 -- an eating house for passengers on the State-owned railway until June 9, 1864, at which time the Federal forces occupied Big Shanty.
April 12, 1862, the Andrews Raiders [US] seized the locomotive "General" while train crew & passengers were breakfasting at the hotel.
Fortified by a stockade, it housed a Federal garrison from June 9 to Oct. 3, 1864, when it was recaptured by Confederate forces. Reoccupied by Federal troops it was maintained as a R. R. blockhouse until abandoned & burned by them, Nov. 14.
033-41 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1954
A drawing of the old Lacy Hotel by Wilbur G. Kurtz.
