Carrollton, Georgia
| Presently the headquarters of the CCHS is located in the Curtis-Marlow-Perry House at 226 West Avenue. This house was built around 1830 and is one of Carrollton's oldest homes. The house was moved from its original site on Stewart Street in September of 1984, after being donated by Ruby Perry to the City of Carrollton for use by the CCHS. A 20 x 20 addition was added to the back of the house in 1988. |
| As documented in Georgia History, the first frontier homes were single-pen log cabins consisting of just one room. A dogtrot house is a single-pen plus another single-pen separated by an open breezeway between the two and joined under one roof. It is called a dogtrot or possum-trot because animals were free to run through this opening. It was popular in warmer climates because the opening was usually oriented to catch the breeze. As in the Curtis-Marlow-Perry House, this opening was enclosed at a later date to form a central hall. Today one can see a section of the the original square logs use to build this old home. |
| The furnishing that are presently in this house are representative of the 1800-1870 period and in use in the western Georgia. One room is set up as a bedroom and the other room as a kitchen. |
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Former Residents of the Curtis-Marlow-Perry House |
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Curtis Family |
| In the days when Carrollton's City government was located near Sandhill (Old Carrollton) this dogtrot was the home of Henry and Nancy Curtis. Henry is best remembered for selling the land that became the location of public square of Carrollton and the present county seat of Carroll. In 1892, Lot 128 in the 10th District was purchased from Henry Curtis for $150. Curtis Creek which flows from spillway at Lake Carroll is named for Mr. Henry Curtis. |
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Marlow Family |
| Originally from South Carolina, several members of this family migrated to Coweta and Carroll County in the early 1800's. James Riley Marlow joined Co. D, 41st Georgia Regiment of the Confederate Army in March 1862. He was captured during the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, Oct 8, 1862 and exchanged at City Point, Virginia in 1863. His right leg was amputated above the knee from wounds received in the war. In 1892, James Riley Marlow and his wife Mary Elizabeth Carter Marlow, purchased the house and property. In 1904, following Mary Elizabeth's death, the house and property were sold to C. A Walker. Three months later, Reuben Richard Sawyer Marlow, one of the son's of J. R. Marlow, bought the house back. Reuben Marlow was also one of the men who helped construct the Carrollton's Central of Georgia Railroad Depot. Mr. Marlow's initials being R. R. S. from that time on was known as Rail Road Station Marlow. |
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Perry Family |
| Following R. R. S Marlow's death in 1943, his wife Bera Morris Marlow continued to live in the house. In 1952, her daughter Ruby Elizabeth Marlow and son-in-law Robert Lester Perry built their home on the property. Mrs. Bera Morris Marlow moved in with her daughter's family and the old house became rental property. Mr. Bera Morris Marlow died in 1985. In December of 1985, Mrs. Ruby Perry donated the house to the City of Carrollton with stipulation's that it be moved to an appropriate site for use by the Carroll County Historical Society for restoration. |
| A new heritage garden has been added out back of the the Curtis-Marlow-Perry House. In 2007, all of it's porches and some of the clapboards have been replaced on the house. |
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Historic Curtis-Marlow-Perry House or Curtis Heritage Gardens in Carrollton |