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Built in 1836 as Chattooga Academy, this Federal-style brick building is among Georgia's oldest schoolhouses. Bragg used it as his headquarters before Chickamauga; it was later renamed for alumnus John B. Gordon, the Confederate general and governor.
John B. Gordon Hall is a historical marker in LaFayette, Walker County, erected in 1953. It is one of 72 historical markers documented in Walker County, among 163 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.7087, -85.2808 near LaFayette. The nearest cataloged historic site is Chattooga Academy (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Chattooga Academy - John B. Gordon Hall, General LaFayette, and The Marsh House.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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