TALIAFERRO COUNTY, GA -  Crawfordville Tavern

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Old Tavern Site State Historical Marker 

Located at corner of U.S. 278 and Ga. 12 in Crawfordville, Ga. 



OLD TAVERN SITE

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.

  

131-7 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956 

  

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