Historical Marker

Memorial Lands and Cottages

Rabun Gap · Rabun County · Erected 1956

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The Story

The United Daughters of the Confederacy's Georgia Division gave acreage and four memorial cottages to the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School's farm-family program. The idea traced to a 1905 proposal by UDC historian Mildred Rutherford.

About this site

Memorial Lands and Cottages is a historical marker in Rabun Gap, Rabun County, erected in 1956. It is one of 10 historical markers documented in Rabun County, among 68 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.9531, -83.3865 near Rabun Gap. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brig·Gen·Francis·S·Bartow·C·S·A· (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Rabun Gap Presbyterian Cemetery, and Rabun Gap – Nacoochee School.

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

📍 34.9531, -83.3865 · Rabun Gap, Rabun County

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