1900-1925
Ella Gannt Smith, artist, inventor, manufactured in this building the famous Roanoke Dolls. The dolls, completely handmade, featured a head molded of plaster of Paris enclosed in a tight cotton fabric cut and stuffed to resemble body, hands and legs. Facial features of each doll were hand-painted, no two being alike. At her death, April 2, 1932, Mrs. Smith held eleven patents. The factory, built by her husband, S. S. Smith, was later converted into an apartment building.| HM Number | HM7KD |
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| Placed By | Randolph County Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 10:20pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 651840 N 3669218 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 33.15110000, -85.37188333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 33° 9.066', W 85° 22.313' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 33° 9' 3.96" N, 85° 22' 18.78" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 334, 256 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2-188 Vaughn St, Roanoke AL 36274, US |
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