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Toney-Standley House

Coordinates: 31°42′55″N 85°05′20″W / 31.71528°N 85.089°W / 31.71528; -85.089
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Toney-Standley House
Toney-Standley House is located in Georgia
Toney-Standley House
Toney-Standley House is located in the United States
Toney-Standley House
LocationOff GA 39 northwest of Fort Gaines, Georgia
Coordinates31°42′55″N 85°05′20″W / 31.71528°N 85.089°W / 31.71528; -85.089
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1810
Architectural stylePlantation Plain
NRHP reference No.74000670[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1974

The Toney-Standley House in or near Fort Gaines, Georgia, United States, was built in c.1810. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It has also been known as Col. William Toney House.[1]

It is a Plantation Plain style house which was home of Creek Indian tradepost manager William Toney, significant partly as Aaron Burr stayed there, after his capture in 1807.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Elizabeth Z. Macgregor (March 13, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Toney-Standley House / Col. William Toney House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 15, 2017. With three photos from 1974.