Archaeological Investigations at the Bledsoe-Greene House, Eatonton, Georgia

This report will describe an archaeological survey of the Bledsoe-Greene House by Southeastern Wildlife Services, Inc. for the Eatonton-Putnam County Historical Society, Inc., Eatonton, Georgia. The EPCHS has received a grant from the U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service to apply toward the restoration of the Bledsoe-Greene House (ca.1817). As a part of the grant stipulations, an archaeological survey of the property was budgeted. Mr. James P. Marshall, Jr., president of EPCHS contacted Southeastern Wildlife Services, Inc. and requested the survey. The field work was conducted on the 14th and 15th of December, 1979 by W. Dean Wood and Thomas H. Gresham. Mr. M. W. Williams of Madison, Georgia assisted on the last day. The Bledsoe-Greene House is located at 105 Sumter Street in downtown Eatonton and presently faces the town square and county court house. It was first constructed as a two-room cottage with a single room loft upstairs. Additions in the mid and late nineteenth century and in the early twentieth century expanded the size of the structure and changed its architectural style. The EPCHS has removed the later additions and intends to restore only the original two-room cottage. Today the Bledsoe-Greene House measures approximately 10.4m x 5.7m (34x18ft) and its long axis is oriented approximately east-west.