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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1896/01/25 Joseph Jacobs Benefactor Organized by Joseph Jacobs, the Burns Club of Atlanta is established as a private social and literary society commemorating the Scottish poet, Robert Burns. Burns Night
1896/01/25 Robert Burns In Memoriam Organized by Joseph Jacobs, the Burns Club of Atlanta is established as a private social and literary society commemorating the Scottish poet, Robert Burns. Burns Night
1898/01/25 Burns Club of Atlanta hold their first annual celebration of Robert Burns' birthday. Burns Night
1911/01/25 Thomas Henry Morgan Architect Funded by Jacobs, Burns cottage opens. Design by member, T Morgan, the cottage was built by Robert McWhirter, a member and stonemason with Stone Mountain granite. An architect in Scotland made detailed drawings of the Burns Cottage in Alloway, Scotland.
1911/01/25 Joseph Jacobs Benefactor Funded by Jacobs, Burns cottage opens. Design by member, T Morgan, the cottage was built by Robert McWhirter, a member and stonemason with Stone Mountain granite. An architect in Scotland made detailed drawings of the Burns Cottage in Alloway, Scotland.

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Particulars for Burns Club of Atlanta:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Civic
Material Georgia Stone Mountain Granite
Criteria Historic Event
Owner Private
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 1st December 1983

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Burns Cottage
Registry Address: 988 Alloway Pl., SE
Registry Number: 83003572
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Morgan,Thomas H.; McWhirter,Robert M.
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 2
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1911
Historic Function: Social
Historic Sub-Function: Civic
Current Function: Social
Current Sub-Function: Civic

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