Tate House (Georgia)

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location = Tate, Pickens County, Georgia, USA
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lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 24
lat_seconds = 48
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 84
long_minutes = 22
long_seconds = 23
long_direction = W
built = 1923
added = May 17 1974
governing_body = The Tate House is an historic property east of Tate, Georgia on Georgia State Route 53, built for Samuel Tate in 1923. Designed by Walker and Weeks, architects in the Neo-Classical style, the home is made of pink and white marble supplied by Tate's Georgia Marble Company, and sometimes called the "Pink Palace".

The Tate House is two stories, rectangular, with a hipped roof, two interior chimneys, and a pedimented tetrastyle front entrance portico. At the rear is a slightly projecting pedimentedsection with a one story portico. The interior features excellent mural wallpaper and parquetmarble floors.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 17 1974. The house is privately owned and is open for tours on certain days, it may be rented for special events, such as weddings and receptions.

References

*cite web| url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/Red%20Books/74000700.red.pdf| title=Tate House "Red Book" Entry| author=National Park Service| accessdate=November 7| accessyear=2006|

External links

* [http://www.tatehouse.com/ The Historic Tate House]