Nellie Mae Rowe and Her Playhouse

Honors Nellie Mae Rowe (1900-1982), a self-taught Black folk artist who turned her Vinings home into a vivid yard-art 'Playhouse'; her drawings, dolls, and chewing-gum sculptures now hang in the High Museum and the Met.

Nellie Mae Rowe and Her Playhouse is a historical marker in Atlanta, Cobb County, erected in 2024. It is one of 152 historical markers documented in Cobb County, among 377 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.8661, -84.4717 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is The 4th Corps at Vining’s Station (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Site: Hardy Pace’s Res. Howard’s Headquarters, Pace, Solomon and Penelopy, House, and The 4th Corps Posted Along the River.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.