Habersham Memorial Hall

Habersham Memorial Hall is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1974.

On 15th Street near Piedmont Ave NE in Atlanta.

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Joseph Habersham Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was organized February 12, 1900 at the Executive Mansion. Mrs. William Lawson Peel, first Regent and Mrs. Allen D. Candler, wife of the governor, were among the five founders. The cornerstone was laid January 14, 1922 and the building was completed in 1923. The Hall was designed by Architect Henry Hornbostel, designer of Carnegie Institute of Technology, Emory University and "Callanwolde" of Atlanta. Colonel Joseph Habersham served in the Revolutionary Army, Continental Congress and Georgia's Constitutional Ratification Convention. He was United States Postmaster General from 1795 - 1801.

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Historical maps covering this location

1795 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1795, covering the location of Habersham Memorial Hall, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1795, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

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On the National Register nearby

Habersham Memorial Hall70 ft

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.