Historical Marker

Childhood Home of Joel Chandler Harris

Eatonton · Putnam County · Erected 2016

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The Story

After moving in 1853, the widowed Mary Harris and her son Joel were given a small two-room cottage behind Dr. Andrew Reid's mansion by the sympathetic Eatonton physician, sheltering the boy who would grow up to write the Uncle Remus tales.

About this site

Childhood Home of Joel Chandler Harris is a historical marker in Eatonton, Putnam County, erected in 2016. It is one of 21 historical markers documented in Putnam County, among 34 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.3273, -83.3899 near Eatonton. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Bronson House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Birthplace of Joel Chandler Harris, The Stoneman Raid, and Putnam County.

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

📍 33.3273, -83.3899 · Eatonton, Putnam County

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