Stately Oaks, Plantation house museum in Jonesboro, Georgia, United States
Stately Oaks is a Greek Revival antebellum mansion built in 1839, also known as Orr House, The Oaks, and Robert McCord House. It stands at 100 Carriage Lane in Margaret Mitchell Memorial Park, Jonesboro. The grounds hold a separate log kitchen, a well house, a tenant house, an 1896 country store, and a one-room schoolhouse.
The house was constructed in 1839, combining two distinct architectural styles. In 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing its importance as an example of antebellum building design.
Stately Oaks, along with Rural Home, is believed to have inspired Tara in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. The novel places Tara south of Jonesboro, while the house stands in town. The connection is drawn from the house's 1839 Greek Revival design, the architecture of the region Mitchell described.
Stately Oaks stands at 100 Carriage Lane, at the corner of Jodeco Road in Jonesboro, inside Margaret Mitchell Memorial Park. The house, separate log kitchen, well house, tenant house, 1896 country store and one-room schoolhouse are shown by guided tour; check tour times before setting out.
Stately Oaks was originally the plantation of Whitmill Allen, and Robert McCord bought it in 1858. During the 1864 Battle of Jonesborough, Rebecca McCord was inside the house when the Union army arrived. The site also holds a reconstructed Indian village.
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