Rome in Floyd County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Original Cabin

Photographed by David Seibert, May 7, 2010

1. Original Cabin Marker

Inscription. This cabin, birthplace of The Berry Schools, (now Berry College and Berry Academy) was built as a playhouse for Martha Berry and her brothers and sisters shortly after the Civil War. Here, in the late 1800’s, three small boys from Lavendar Mountain received Martha Berry’s first Sunday School lesson. Word of her kindness and interest spread and soon the cabin was overflowing with people. In the evolution from this modest beginning to a day school at Possum Trot, a boarding school and finally a college, the Cabin was outgrown but not forgotten. Martha Berry chose the Cabin to represent simplicity on the school seal, along with the Bible for religion, the lamp for learning and the plow for work. On this foundation she built a world renowned educational institution extensively copied in the U.S. and abroad.

Erected 1974 by Georgia Department of Natural Resources. (Marker Number 057-15.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list.

Location. 34° 16.629′ N, 85° 10.815′ W. Marker is in Rome, Georgia, in Floyd County. It can be reached from the intersection of Veterans Memorial Parkway NE

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(Loop Georgia Route 1) and Martha Berry Highway (U.S. 27). The marker and the Original Cabin are located on a private road in "Oak Hill," the Martha Berry estate, near the Martha Berry Museum. An admission fee is charged. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 24 Veterans Memorial Parkway NE, Rome GA 30161, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Martha Berry’s Birthplace (approx. 0.2 miles away); Chieftains (approx. 0.6 miles away); Major Ridge (approx. 0.6 miles away); Berry College (approx. one mile away); Cotton Gin (approx. 1.3 miles away); De Soto In Georgia (approx. 1.3 miles away); Federal Occupation of Rome (approx. 1.3 miles away); French’s Div. at Rome (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rome.

Also see . . . Berry College. Wikipedia entry on Berry College, which grew from the Original Cabin. (Submitted on June 2, 2010, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.)

Original Cabin and the Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, May 7, 2010

2. Original Cabin and the Marker

The Original Cabin image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, May 7, 2010

3. The Original Cabin

c. 1870

Berry College Seal showing the Original Cabin image. Click for full size.

4. Berry College Seal showing the Original Cabin

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2010, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,196 times since then and 48 times this year. Last updated on September 9, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 31, 2010, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.