Double Cabins

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Double Cabins
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Nearest city Griffin, Georgia
Coordinates 33°17′38″N84°11′36″W / 33.29384°N 84.19322°W / 33.29384; -84.19322 Coordinates: 33°17′38″N84°11′36″W / 33.29384°N 84.19322°W / 33.29384; -84.19322
Area112 acres (45 ha)
Built1842
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Greek revival vernacular
NRHP reference No. 73002147 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1973
The house in 2018 Double Cabins, Spalding County, GA, US.jpg
The house in 2018

Double Cabins, also known as Mitchell-Walker-Hollberg House, is a historic site outside Griffin, Georgia in Spalding County, Georgia. [1] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973. It is located northeast of Griffin on Georgia State Route 155, at 3335 Jackson Road.

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The Greek Revival house, built in 1842, was named "Double Cabins" because that was the name of the stage coach stop across the road. The house was built by Shatteen Mitchell and "is a good example of the provincial adaptation of Greek Revival forms to an upcountry Georgia plantation home." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Elizabeth A. Lyon (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Double Cabins / Mitchell-Walker-Hollberg House". National Park Service . Retrieved March 7, 2018. With six photos from 1972 by Jet Lowe.