The DeSoto Theatre, which opened on August 5, 1929, was the first Southern theater built for “talkies.” Designed by O.C. Lam and modeled after the Roxy Theatre in New York, it featured modern amenities at a cost of over $100,000. After closing as a cinema in 1982, Rome Little Theatre transformed the space into a performance venue by adding a stage, orchestra pit, and new seating. In 2008, the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation was established, and the theater was deeded to the Foundation to preserve and maintain the historic building.
Stranger Things fans will recognize this as The Creel House, but its real name is The Claremont House. Located in Rome, Georgia, the Claremont House was built in 1882. The Second Empire home with Gothic Revival elements was constructed for Hamilton Yancey, a prominent local attorney and businessman, and his wife, Florence.
For more photos, visit The Old House Life’s post on the home.
1985 image from the National Register of Historic Places application
Sardis Presbyterian Church congregation began in 1836. The cemetery was established at the same time. The earliest known burial is Rev. James Hervey McArver, who died in 1841.
Built in 1855, the church was where the Sardis Brigade of the 6th Georgia Calvary was organized here on May 9th, 1861.
The church remained open until 1979. It is still opened on special occasions. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
This Italianate house is located in the East Rome Historic District. Built in 1890, an addition was added in the 1960s. It’s been abandoned for a while, but it was recently purchased, and renovations have started on it.
Opened in 1857, Myrtle Hill Cemetery is one of three cemeteries in Rome, Georgia, that sits on top of a hill to avoid potential flooding from nearby rivers, the Etowah and Oostanaula. The cemetery got its name from the creeping myrtle that covered the cemetery.
There were several Civil War battles in and around Rome, which necessitated the use of Myrtle Hill as a Confederate burial ground. Additionally, there were hospitals to take care of the sick and wounded, so many of those soldiers were buried in the Confederate section of Myrtle Hill.
The Tippin Angel
The cemetery consists of several plateaus (terraces) to create the layered wedding cake design of the roads and sections of the cemeteries. The highest point in the cemetery is known as Crown Point.
The Cheney AngelThe Griffin AngelLittle Mary Hardy, 1878-1879, raises her arms up to her parents, Kathryn and Samuel Hardy. Branham markerHattie Bass Veal, d. 1913Close-up of the Veal monumentHenry Woolfolk, 1893-1910This shows some of the “layers” of Myrtle Hill. In this part of the cemetery, most of the roads are blocked because of how tight the area is for cars.
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