Old Inn Site-GHM 157-4-Wilkes County
Posted by: 
Sprinterman
N 33° 44.223 W 082° 44.349
17S E 338890 N 3734359
On Robert Toombs Ave at the square in Washington
Waymark Code: WM6RF3
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/13/2009
Views: 4
This building stands on the site of one of the most popular inns of the early stagecoach days. Under it are the ancient handhewn timbers, hand made brick and massive beams of the inn basement. In the basement is the rock vault with heavy iron door and tremendous lock where the gold shipments and mail pouches were kept in safety for the stagecoaches.
Washington people were proud of their stagecoaches. They did not give them up until 1870--20 years after the coming of the railroad.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 157-4
Date: 1953
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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