02/20/09

Photo Gallery: The Tate House

Legends were told of a rare, bright pink marble, referred to as "Etowah" marble, and in the early 1900's, an enterprising business tycoon, philanthropist and marble baron, Colonel Sam Tate, found it. Soon, hundreds of large blocks were mined from a local quarry and delivered on site. Construction began and by 1926 Col. Sam, his brother Luke (the family attorney), and sister Floratine resided at the mansion.

The last of the immediate Tate family left the mansion in 1955 and it remained unoccupied and neglected until 1974 when it was restored.