Examine the photos below How would you describe the house

to the left?

The inside of the same house

What does the inside of this house remind

you of?

What do you think about

when you see the inside of this house?

The first floor plan of the house.

The second flood plan of the house

WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE IN THIS

HOUSE?

The Property Plans

WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE ON THE

PROPERTY OF THE HOUSE?

Some final questions Who owns this house? Who maintains this house? Who visits this house?

It was constructed from 1802-1804

Chief James Clement Vann House,Spring Place, Murray County,Georgia.

Spring PlaceSpring Place was part of JamesVann’s Diamond Hill Plantation.

Vann, a member of the Cherokeenation, was a successful trader andpolitician.

His land also included taverns,Trading posts, a gristmill, a sawmill, a blacksmith shop, ferriesand other assorted business.

Vann bought slaves to do labor intensive work, and hired white and Cherokee overseers to helpmaintain the property.

If you cant beat them… Chief Vann, a regional Cherokee chief

around the turn of the 18th Century, was a vocal supporter for adopting “Atlantic” tools and social behaviors.

What’s the alternative?