Historical Marker

The Blunt House

Dalton · Whitfield County · Erected 1955

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The Story

Pioneer settler Ainsworth Emery Blunt built this house in 1848. As Dalton's first mayor and founder of its First Presbyterian Church, Blunt shaped the young town; Federal troops used his home as a hospital during their wartime occupation.

About this site

The Blunt House is a historical marker in Dalton, Whitfield County, erected in 1955. It is one of 64 historical markers documented in Whitfield County, among 106 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.7666, -84.9718 near Dalton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Blunt, Ainsworth E., House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Masonic Lodge No. 238, 600 Block of McCamy Street, and Martin, William C., House.

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

📍 34.7666, -84.9718 · Dalton, Whitfield County

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