Old Rock House is a historic
garrison
A garrison is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it. The term now often applies to certain facilities that constitute a military base or fortified military headquarters.
A garrison is usually in a city ...
house in
Thomson, Georgia.
The fortified stone house was built about 1785 by Thomas Ansley. The house was purportedly the home to ancestors of former president
Jimmy Carter
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. The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1970.
The house was owned by the Wrightsborough Quaker Community Foundation, Inc., in 1970.
[ With .] It is owned by McDuffie County. It is the oldest well-documented house in Georgia, although there may be older ones.
See also
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List of the oldest buildings in Georgia
References
External links
Atlas Obsucra article
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Houses completed in 1784
McDuffie County, Georgia
National Register of Historic Places in McDuffie County, Georgia
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