Georgia, Clay County, near Fort Gaines
![]()
Side 1:
Local Tradition maintains that the Toney-Standley House was built about 1803 by Mr. William Toney. It is reputed that on two occasions Toney had as his overnight guest Aaron Burr, third Vice- President of the United States. Legend has it that Burr stopped here while fleeing to Florida in 1804 and in 1807 after he was arrested for Treason by General Edmund Pendleton Gaines.
Side 2:
In 1959 the Toney-Standley House was moved from its original site, near Sandy Creek, to its present location. This Plantation Plain styles structure is similar to other early homes built in the Chattahoochee River Valley of Alabama and Georgia. On September 17, 1974 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of The Interior.
(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Side 1:Local Tradition maintains that the Toney-Standley House was built about 1803 by Mr. William Toney. It is reputed that on two occasions Toney had as his overnight guest Aaron Burr, third Vice- President of the United States. Legend has it that Burr stopped here while fleeing to Florida in 1804 and in 1807 after he was arrested for Treason by General Edmund Pendleton Gaines.
Side 2:
In 1959 the Toney-Standley House was moved from its original site, near Sandy Creek, to its present location. This Plantation Plain styles structure is similar to other early homes built in the Chattahoochee River Valley of Alabama and Georgia. On September 17, 1974 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of The Interior.
(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.