Our headquarters is open Monday-Friday, 10:00-4:00. We are practicing social distancing. You may drop off rummage for our upcoming June sale. If you need other help, please email us at director@whitfieldmurray.org &/or call 706-278-0217.
Spring Rummage Sale
The date has been changed to June 19th and 20th.
Friday, June 19th from 10 am to 4 pm
Saturday, June 20th from 9 am to 1 pm
The Rummage Sale address:
Crown Garden and Archives
715 Chattanooga Avenue
Dalton GA 30720
Masks are required for each person inside the building.
Please do not enter the building if you have a fever and/or a cough.
We are limiting the number of guests to ten people inside at a time.
Two annual events in Chatsworth, sponsored by the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society, have been cancelled due to the current state of affairs, but both will be rescheduled.
Model train enthusiasts will still get a chance to participate in the Model Train Expo at the Chatsworth Depot on Saturday, September 12 rather than in April as previously announced. The Section House in City Park will also be open that day with the Depot's own Big Blue Train available to transport visitors between the two sites.
The popular Tea With Mom, normally held on Mother's Day Weekend, will be moved to the end of the year for a Christmas Tea at the Historic Wright Hotel. The date and time will be announced in the fall.
Summer Second Saturday Events at the Hotel and Depot are expected to go on as announced for June 13, July 11, and August 8 with tours and a free concert in the afternoons.
Any questions or concerns, please call the Archives at 706-278-0217.
Thank you and stay safe.
Dalton Utilities has light the Mount Rachel Star on Monday, April 6, 2020. We do this as a statement of Faith, Hope and Love to our community, healthcare providers and first responders in this difficult time. With consideration of our current shelter in place requirement, we will make pictures of the lighted star available on social media and on our website, www.dutil.com, so we may all maintain our commitment to the current mandated shelter in place status
DO YOU HAVE RELATIVES BURIED AT OLD SWAMP CREEK CEMETERY?
An effort is currently underway to identify unmarked graves at OLD Swamp Creek Cemetery. If you have relatives buried there, please email Martha Locke at midasthree@charter.net to give her the information.
Vintage Gas Stove
VINTAGE MAGIC CHEF GAS STOVE FOR SALE--Manufactured in 1920s or early 1930s. $500 cash. Serious inquiries only.
Call 706-278-0217 & leave message.
Copies of Dorothy "Dot" McCrory's poetry book,
"Too Much Cider in the Applesauce,"
are available at the Crown Gardens & Archives,
715 Chattanooga Ave. Dalton GA
Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Copies are $25.
A copy can be mailed for $35.
Book sales benefit the Lesche Club scholarship fund.
Copies of the Historic Photographs of The Whitfield County Schools Available For Purchase!
The Historic Photographs of The Whitfield County Schools by Ellen Keith Thompson is available for purchase. If you're interested in purchasing the book, please maila check payable to WMHS to P.O. Box 6180Dalton, GA. 30722 in the amount of $55 (includes shipping and handling). Or, you can purchase the book at the Crown Gardens & Archives for $45 located on 715 Chattanooga Avenue, Dalton, GA. 30722. All the proceeds from the books sales will the basis of the endowmenet fund for the 40th Anniversary.
Hours at Crown Garden and Archives
To better serve our community
we are open M-F 10am - 4pm.
Please call to schedule an appointment on weekends and evenings for research and events!
For research, please call to verify that we have the family files.
To make an appointment, please call during our business hours!
(706) 278-0217
Hours at Blunt House, Hamilton House, and Huff House
The Blunt House is open for tours on Fridays from 10:30 until 4.
The Huff House is open for tours on Fridays from 10 until 3.
Hamilton House is open by appointment by calling the Archives at (706) 278-0217.
