Straus Home Site (marker-27343)

Lazarus Straus settled his family here in 1854 after leaving Bavaria. His sons studied locally before the family built a New York business that grew into Macy's; son Isidor and his wife Ida perished aboard the Titanic in 1912.

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 32.6781, -84.5400 near Talbotton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Talbot County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Talbot County Courthouse, Straus Home Site, and First Session Supreme Court of Georgia.

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