Eagle Tavern

Eagle Tavern (HM95B)

Location: Watkinsville, GA 30677 Oconee County
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N 33° 51.834', W 83° 24.57'

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Eagle Tavern, or Hotel, was the center of social and political life in Watkinsville for more than a hundred years. It was saved from destruction in 1934 by Lanier Richardson Billups of Decatur, Georgia, whodeeded it to the State in 1956.
The oldest section of the building, which is of the "Plain Style," has been restored. It has two rooms upstairs and two rooms downstairs. Separate doors lead into the two rooms on the first floor. One door enters the tavern, the other a store or trading area. This part of the Tavern was built in the first decades of the 1800's when Watkinsville was a growingfrontier town, the County Seat of original Clarke County, and the crossroads of travel northward from Madison and Greensboro.
In 1836 Richard C. Richardson bought and, over a period of years, made additions to the original tavern, stage-stop, and store. Having removed theseadditions, restored the earliest section, and installed appropriate furnishings and exhibits, the Georgia Historical Commission presents Eagle Tavern as a museum devoted to the pre-Civil War, pre-railroad era when wagon and stage travel was at its height.
A Georgia Historical Commission historic site dedicated May 21, 1966.
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HM NumberHM95B
Series This marker is part of the Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission series
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Marker Number108-6
Year Placed1966
Placed ByGeorgia Historical Commission
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Date Added Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 at 1:50am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 277108 N 3749678
Decimal Degrees33.86390000, -83.40950000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 51.834', W 83° 24.57'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 51' 50.04" N, 83° 24' 34.20" W
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Area Code(s)706, 678, 770
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 11 3rd St, Watkinsville GA 30677, US
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