Ainsworth E. Blunt House
| Ainsworth E. Blunt House | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 The Ainsworth E. Blunt House |
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| location | Dalton , Whitfield County , Georgia | ||
| Coordinates | 34 ° 46 '2 " N , 84 ° 58' 18" W | ||
| Built | 1848 | ||
| Architectural style | Federal Style , Victorian Architecture | ||
| NRHP number | 80004460 | ||
| The NRHP added | July 9, 1980 | ||
The Ainsworth E. Blunt House (also known as Blunt House ) is a historic house in Dalton , and is located in Whitfield County in the US state of Georgia , in the United States . 506 is on South Thornton Avenue .
history
The Blunt House is considered the second oldest two-story building in Dalton. It was the residence of Ainsworth Emery Blunt , first Mayor of Dalton and head of the local post office. Blunt was born on February 22, 1800 in Amherst , New Hampshire . The local Cherokee were trained by him in the trades of carpenters , blacksmiths and cooper . In addition, he brought the Indians closer to the Christian doctrine.
The building, which is aligned in the Federal Style and kept in the Victorian style , was completed in 1848. When Blunt and his family moved to Illinois in 1864 , the house was initially used as a military hospital by the Union Army and later occupied by the Confederate States Army . After the Civil War , Blunt returned to Dalton and the house remained family-owned until his granddaughter died in 1978.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 9, 1980 as a monument under number 80004460 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Blunt, Ainsworth E., House on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 8, 2017.