Toney-Standley House

Toney-Standley House
Location Off GA 39 northwest of Fort Gaines, Georgia
Coordinates 31°42′55″N 85°05′20″W / 31.71528°N 85.089°W / 31.71528; -85.089Coordinates: 31°42′55″N 85°05′20″W / 31.71528°N 85.089°W / 31.71528; -85.089
Area less than one acre
Built c.1810
Architectural style Plantation Plain
NRHP reference # 74000670[1]
Added to NRHP September 17, 1974

The Toney-Standley House in or near Fort Gaines, Georgia was built in c.1810. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It has also been known as Col. William Toney House.[1]

It is a Plantation Plain style house which was home of Creek Indian tradepost manager William Toney, significant partly as Aaron Burr stayed there, after his capture in 1807.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Z. Macgregor (March 13, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Toney-Standley House / Col. William Toney House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 15, 2017. With three photos from 1974.


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