Historical Marker

John Wellborn Root Birthplace Site

Lumpkin · Stewart County · Erected 1956

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The Story

Born in Lumpkin in 1850, John Wellborn Root became a giant of the Chicago School of architecture. He pioneered the grillage foundation for skyscrapers and helped plan Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition before dying suddenly at 41.

About this site

John Wellborn Root Birthplace Site is a historical marker in Lumpkin, Stewart County, erected in 1956. It is one of 15 historical markers documented in Stewart County, among 83 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0508, -84.7961 near Lumpkin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bedingfield Inn (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Rockwell, Stoddard, House, Stewart County Courthouse, and Lumpkin and Stewart County.

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

📍 32.0508, -84.7961 · Lumpkin, Stewart County

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