Glen Mary "The Temple on the Hill"

Built in 1848 atop a hill, this exquisite Greek Revival 'raised cottage' once sheltered fleeing Confederate official Robert Toombs and is counted among the finest rural plantation houses in the country.

Glen Mary "The Temple on the Hill" is a historical marker in Sparta, Hancock County, erected in 2017. It is one of 18 historical markers documented in Hancock County, among 163 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.1775, -83.0006 near Sparta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Glen Mary (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Nicholls Cemetery, Glenns Mary Baptist Church Cemetery, and Zebulon Methodist Church Cemetery.

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