Antebellum Architecture-Morgan Co., GA
Posted by: Markerman62
N 33° 35.632 W 083° 28.183
17S E 270819 N 3719860
Located at South Main St and Jones Alley
Waymark Code: WMR833
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2016
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As the county gained more plantations, Madison attracted nearby planters desiring to shop, socialize, learn, and worship. Some planters also built in-town homes. Antebellum architecture reflected the shift from the early yeoman farmer society to a slave-based plantation economy, dominated by a handful of planters whose grand homes spoke of their status.
Antebellum architecture also marked the community’s growing prosperity as well as an interest in the newly fashionable Greek Revival architecture. Stylish homes were added and older homes updated throughout the city environs, building a reputation of a progressive and cultured town.
The Johnston-Jones-Manley House (c.1811) acquired its later Greek Revival façade during the 1840-1850s and was moved 200 feet to face S. Main Street in 1908, thus allowing the construction of the Methodist Church (1914). In 1977, a Manley heir donated the home to the Morgan County Historical Society, Inc., who manages it as a heritage tourism site-Heritage Hall, a house museum with period furnishings.
Type of Marker: Building
Sponsor: City of Madison Madison Bicentennial Commission 1809-2009
Marker #: Not listed
Date: Not listed
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