Old Eagle Tavern-GHM-070-2-Hancock Co
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Sprinterman
N 33° 16.527 W 082° 58.546
17S E 315993 N 3683565
LaFayette Hotel, Main Street, Sparta Near Courthouse
Waymark Code: WM6C1X
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/11/2009
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The Eagle Tavern, built in the late 18th century, once stood on the site of the present Lafayette Hotel. A state coach stop on the Augusta to Macon line, the tavern owned by a Mr. A. Abercrombie was the scene of a great ball held for the Marquis de LaFayette in 1825. Burned in the late 1830´s, the Tavern was replaced by the present structure in 1840 when it was known as the Edwards´ House. Renamed the Drummer´s Home in 1897 it was, in 1900, voted by traveling men the most popular hotel in Georgia and received a silver wine dispenser from the Georgia Hotel
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 070-2
Date: 1955
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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