Jodeco Rd., Jonesboro, Georgia. County/parish: Clayton.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 16, 1972. NRIS 72000382.
2 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Stately Oaks Historical Community is a Greek Revival antebellum mansion with a variety of outbuildings and gardens located in Margaret Mitchell Memorial Park in Jonesboro, Georgia. Built in 1839, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is also known as Orr House, The Oaks, and Robert McCord House and it is included in the Jonesboro Historic District.
Stately Oaks is owned by Historical Jonesboro/Clayton County Inc., and features the period house, the home's separate log kitchen, a well house, a tenant house, an 1896 country store, and a one-room schoolhouse.
The house, along with Rural Home, was believed to be the inspiration for Tara, the legendary home of Scarlett O'Hara and her family in Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207543