About Us

Did you ever wonder where author Margaret Mitchell got her ideas for Gone With The Wind? Well, Historical Jonesboro/Clayton County, Inc. cordially invites you to visit Stately Oaks and find out! Our plantation house, located just 15 miles south of downtown Atlanta, will take you back to the days of Scarlett, Rhett, and the time of the War Between the States. We have costumed interpreters or MP3 tours that will guide you on a personal tour of our white columned residence and share with you the history of the house, the ties with the famous book and it's author, and Jonesboro's role in the Atlanta campaign during the Civil War. After the tour of our 1839 home and period outbuildings, we invite you to take a moment to enjoy some quiet relaxation under our beautiful oak trees. Who knows, while you rest on one of our benches or rocking chairs, you just might imagine seeing that dashing and genteel Ashley Wilkes passing by on his way to Juddy's Country Store.

Stately Oaks was moved from its original location off of Tara Boulevard in Jonesboro to its current location in the Margaret Mitchell Memorial Park off of Jodeco Road in Jonesboro in the 1970s. The historic campus boasts the 1839 Greek Revival antebellum home, the original log kitchen used on the property, a well house, a tenant house, Juddy's country store and the last one room school house used in Clayton County.

Back