08/20/2026
The Vann Cherokee Cabin, c. 1810. Before it was torn down in 2010, the Webster-Green Hotel and its 1920s additions were long rumored to have been built around a 19th-century log cabin. This hand-hewn, two-story structure — the town’s oldest documented building — is said to have been built by Avery Vann Jr. (1770–1845), husband of a Cherokee woman and a member of the Scottish-American trading family for whom Vann’s Valley is named. Thanks to efforts led by the Cave Spring Historical Society, it reached the Georgia Trust’s 2013 Places in Peril list, was restored, and opened as a Trail of Tears interpretive site in 2016.
This is one of dozens of sites that will be featured on our Fall Ramble to Rome and Floyd County, September 25-27.
What's a Ramble? Rambles feature exclusive tours and social events in historic properties not usually open to the public. Tours of historic homes and buildings are self-guided and self-paced, and guests provide their own transportation. Maps and programs are provided at packet pick-up. You can pick and choose which sites to tour and see them in any order you like! Catered meals are offered as part of registration packages; however, there are tour-only (no meals) options as well.
https://www.georgiatrust.org/tours-events/fall-ramble/
📅September 25-27, 2026
📍Rome and Floyd County
🎟️georgiatrust.org
