Conyers in Rockdale County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

House of Seven Gables

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 6, 2022

1. House of Seven Gables Markers

Inscription. [Top plaque]
House of
Seven
Gables
circa 1870
981 Green Street
[Bottom plaque]
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.

Location. 33° 39.836′ N, 84° 0.93′ W. Marker is in Conyers, Georgia, in Rockdale County. It is at the intersection of Green Street Southeast and Scott Street Southeast, on the right when traveling south on Green Street Southeast. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 981 Green St SE, Conyers GA 30012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont

and in Metro Atlanta.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen

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Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Rev. Henry Quigg, D.D. (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); “Fightin’ Joe” Wheeler (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sherman at Conyers (approx. 0.2 miles away); City of Conyers (approx. 0.2 miles away); Conyers Station (approx. ¼ mile away); Unity Garden at Olde Town (approx. ¼ mile away); Rockdale County Korea and Vietnam War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Rockdale County World War I and World War II Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Conyers.

Regarding House of Seven Gables. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:

The Almand-O’Kelley-Walker House is significant in architecture because it is a good and very intact example of a Reconstruction-era Folk Victorian-style Cottage with a large amount of original exterior and interior materials surviving. …

The house is also significant in social history for having been built at the exact time Rockdale County was formed and Conyers became a county seat … The owners
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 6, 2022

2. House of Seven Gables Markers
of this house during the historic period were all involved in various activities of significance to the community. The first owner, John Henry Almand (1846-1918), who lived in the house in the 1870s, was a merchant, treasurer of the first Board of Education, and later county commissioner and organizer of the Conyers Institute School, as well as founder of the Bank of Rockdale. The second owner, who was also the builder of the house, John Floyd Almand (1848-1918), a cousin of John H. Almand, lived here after John H. Almand’s ownership until 1884. He was later best-known as a Primitive Baptist Minister. The house was owned by the O’Kelley family and their descendants from 1884 until 1992. T. D. O’Kelley (1856-1921) organized the Bank of Rockdale, was a teacher and later the county Commissioner of Education (1894-1907), newspaper owner and editor, and Conyers Postmaster (1918-1921). His second wife, Mrs. Clyde Bloodworth O’Kelley, organized the local chapter of the Children of the Confederacy in this house in 1905. His daughter, Kate, grew up here, married in 1924 to Carl Walker, and the house remained in their family until 1992. Kate’s
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 6, 2022

3. House of Seven Gables (front)
son, Charles C. Walker, who also grew up here, has been Mayor of Conyers from 1978 through 1997.

Also see . . . Almand-O'Kelley-Walker House (PDF). National Register nomination submitted for the house, which was listed in 1998. (National Archives) (Submitted on May 11, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 747 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 11, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.