Old Tavern Site-GHM 131-7-Taliaferro Co
Posted by: Sprinterman
N 33° 33.256 W 082° 53.722
17S E 324045 N 3714344
US 278/Ga 12 in Crawfordville
Waymark Code: WM6RFX
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/13/2009
Views: 6
On this site, Lot 17, provided for, in 1826, in the Town Plan by Hermon Mercer, who laid out the town of Crawfordville, a tavern, inn or hotel has stood continuously. The original tavern, built by Gilbert Rossignol, a refugee from the French Revolution, stood near Locust Grove. That building, a large two-story house with broad veranda and columns, was bought in 1826 by Sylvester B.J. Cratin and reerected on this site. It was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Little. The old tavern stood until 1902 when the present brick hotel was built.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 131-7
Date: 1956
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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