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Blunt House

The Blunt House, completed in 1848, is the second oldest house in Dalton. This fine example of Federal architecture was the home of Ainsworth Emery Blunt, the first mayor of Dalton, the first postmaster, one of the founders of the First Presbyterian Church, and a leader in the 1851 formation of Whitfield County from Murray County.

Address:
506 S. Thornton Ave.
Dalton, GA 30720
whitfield-murrayhistoricalsociety.org

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