Stately Oaks

Stately Oaks
Stately Oaks plantation house
Front of the Stately Oaks plantation house
Location Jodeco Rd., 100 Carriage Lane, Jonesboro, Georgia
Coordinates 33°30′55″N 84°21′02″W / 33.51538°N 84.35046°W / 33.51538; -84.35046Coordinates: 33°30′55″N 84°21′02″W / 33.51538°N 84.35046°W / 33.51538; -84.35046
Built 1839
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 72000382[1]
Added to NRHP March 16, 1972

Stately Oaks Plantation is a Greek Revival antebellum mansion located in Margaret Mitchell Memorial Park in Jonesboro, Georgia. Built in 1839, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] It is also known as Orr House, The Oaks, and Robert McCord House and it is included in the Jonesboro Historic District.

Stately Oaks is owned by Historical Jonesboro/Clayton County Inc., and features the period house, the home's separate log kitchen, a well house, a tenant house, an 1896 country store, and a one-room schoolhouse.

The house was believed to be the inspiration for Tara, the legendary home of Scarlett O'Hara and her family in Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ http://www.historicaljonesboro.org/aboutus.htm Historical Jonesboro: About Us


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