Robert Mable House and Cemetery, historic house and cemetery in Mableton, Georgia, United States
The Robert Mable House is a historic residence built in 1843 with an adjacent cemetery in Mableton, Georgia. The building features a simple rural style with large windows and wide porches typical of farmhouses from that era.
Robert Mable came from Scotland and Savannah, obtaining the land through the Georgia Gold Land Lottery in 1832. The house was built in 1843, and by 1860 his property had grown to about 600 acres where he farmed and operated a sawmill.
The house is now the Mable House Arts Center, run by the Cobb County Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department. It hosts a fall storytelling festival, school field trips and summer heritage camps, and public tours run from June until September. The family cemetery stands on the grounds at 5239 Floyd Road.
The property is easy to find on Floyd Road with parking available nearby. The cemetery is visible from outside the fence, though the gate remains locked to visitors.
The cemetery holds the graves of enslaved people who lived and worked on the Mable estate. Three names are recorded: Celia, Thack and Suck. The Japanese text mistranslated Thack as a second "Suck"; the correct name is Thack.
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