National Historic Landmark · historic house museum · Rome, Georgia

Chieftains

Built 1971. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1971Listed 1971
A Chiefdoms exhibit at the Chieftains Museum, Major Ridge Home in Rome, Georgia (ef4852d5-9477-4f73-9d59-991b470951c8)A frontal view of the Chieftains Museum, Major Ridge Home in Rome, Georgia (a831b0ee-d87a-4e96-b8e8-a3aefc554b46)A grassy area behind the Chieftains Museum, Major Ridge Home in Rome, Georgia (42f4cc6e-bafc-454a-bb9b-2e30bdfae031)A historic mask exhibit at the Chieftains Museum, Major Ridge Home in Rome, Georgia (eef43679-17d8-4aef-95c6-1803af12cdb7)
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What it is

Wikipedia · Chieftains Museum

Chieftains Museum, also known as the Major Ridge Home, is a two-story white frame house built around a log house of 1819 in Cherokee country. It was the home of the Cherokee leader Major Ridge. He was notable for his role in negotiating and signing the Treaty of New Echota of 1835, which ceded the remainder of Cherokee lands in the Southeast to the United States. He was part of a minority group known as the Treaty Party, who believed that relocation was inevitable and wanted to negotiate the best deal with the United States for their people.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address80 Chatillon Rd., Rome, GA
CountyFloyd County
ListedApr 7, 1971
Reference number71000273
Built1971
Type of placehistoric house museum
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address80 Chatillon Rd., Rome, GA
Websitechieftainsmuseum.org ↗
Coordinates34.28620, -85.17218 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitLittle River Canyon National Preserve · 27 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyPocket Campground 21 mi · Pocket Picnic Shelter 21 mi · Riverside Park Day Use Area (Ga) 26 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71000273. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.