Straus Home Site (marker-27342)

Jewish immigrant Lazarus Straus settled his family in Talbotton in 1854, opening a store. His sons later built the New York business that became Macy's; Isidor died on the Titanic in 1912, and Nathan and Oscar became noted reformers.

Straus Home Site is a historical marker in Talbotton, Talbot County, erected in 1958. It is one of 12 historical markers documented in Talbot County, among 55 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.6775, -84.5411 near Talbotton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Talbot County Courthouse (courthouse), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Talbot County, First Session Supreme Court of Georgia, and Straus Home Site.

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