Rt. 1, Marshallville, Georgia. County/parish: Macon.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 25, 1980. NRIS 80004449.
Part of Marshallville and Vicinity MRA (NRIS 64000137).
5 contributing buildings.
Willow Lake, in Macon County, Georgia near Marshallville, Georgia, is a historic house built in 1875–80. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The listing included five contributing buildings on 960 acres (3.9 km2).
It was here where Samuel H. Rumph developed the Elberta peach. It was his home until 1904 when he moved into town.
The Willow Lake Nursery had over 65,000 trees.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206362