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The Sparta Historic District in Sparta, Georgia, is a 50 acres (20 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It included 26 contributing buildings. [1] The Rossiter-Little House is a contributing property. The district is roughly bounded by Hamilton, Elm, W, and Burwell Streets. [1]
Sparta was founded in 1795 in the newly formed Hancock County. The town was designated county seat in 1797. It was incorporated as a town in 1805 and as a city in 1893. [5] The community was named after Sparta, a city-state in Ancient Greece. [6]
Off Rives Rd., northwest of Sparta [4 33°18′34″N 83°07′08″W / 33.3094°N 83.1189°W / 33.3094; -83.1189 ( Hurt-Rives Plantation Sparta
A tide mill is a water mill driven by tidal rise and fall. A dam with a sluice is created across a suitable tidal inlet, or a section of river estuary is made into a reservoir . As the tide comes in, it enters the mill pond through a one-way gate, and this gate closes automatically when the tide begins to fall.
Sparta Hancock 80001019 Mitchell J. Green Plantation: Claxton Evans Greenwich Plantation: Savannah: Chatham: Location of notable Roman statuary imports. [4] The house and grounds were used in several silent films, including Stolen Moments. [5] 76000650 Greenwood Plantation: Thomasville Thomas 88000968 Hamilton Plantation slave cabins: St ...
The Withington Estate, also known as the Heathcote Farm, is a 12.5-acre (5.1 ha) farmstead located on Spruce Lane near the Kingston section of South Brunswick in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The farm is adjacent to the Cook Natural Area and the Heathcote Brook . [ 3 ]
The Red Mill, on the west, was built c. 1810 and Dunham's Mill, on the east, was built in 1837. [3] The Clinton House is likely located at the site of an earlier 18th-century tavern. [3] [4] The district has three churches. The Presbyterian congregation formed in 1829 and built the current church in 1864. [5]
Hills and Dales Estate is the home built for textile magnate Fuller Earle Callaway and his wife Ida Cason Callaway completed in 1916 in Lagrange, Georgia The property includes the pre-Civil War Ferrell Gardens started by Nancy Ferrell in 1832 and expanded by her daughter Sarah Coleman Ferrell beginning in 1841.