Jasper Marble Festival Guide
The Marble Journal
One question at a time: your first Marble Festival, what Georgia marble really built in Washington, the company town of Tate, the pink marble mansion, the road race's year off and everyday life in Jasper.
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First time at the Georgia Marble Festival: a field guide built on how 2026 worked
Going for the first time? Plan around how the 2026 festival in Jasper, Georgia worked: Saturday had the 10 a.m. Main Street parade and ran 10 to 6, Sunday ran…
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Is the Lincoln Memorial made of Georgia marble? What Pickens County stone really went to Washington
Partly. The National Park Service says the Lincoln statue inside the memorial was carved from 28 blocks of white Georgia marble, but the building’s outside facade and upper steps are…
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Tate, Georgia: the company town that marble built
Tate is the Pickens County, Georgia village the Georgia Marble Company built: company housing, schools and recreation, and a company power plant that made it the area’s first electrified town,…
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The Tate House: Georgia’s pink marble mansion and its one public season
The Tate House in Tate, Georgia is a privately owned, adult-only wedding venue built of Etowah pink marble in the 1920s, and its Christmas Open House is the one time…
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Why the Marble Festival road race took 2026 off
The Marble Festival Road Race in Jasper, Georgia was canceled for 2026 after GDOT bought the church’s Appalachian Circle property, where the finish line and awards ceremony were held, for…
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Living in Jasper, GA: what a marble town is like after the festival
Jasper is the county seat of Pickens County, Georgia, founded in 1857, with about 5,400 residents by the Census Bureau’s July 2025 estimate. Everyday life runs through a walkable downtown…
After the festival
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