Birthplace of the University of Georgia Meeting Place of Legislature in 1785

Directly across Bay Street from this marker formerly stood the brick building. Built in late colonial days and known as the “Coffee House" in which the Legislature of Georgia met in 1785. Owned by Thomas Stone, it was described in a newspaper advertisement in 1785 as having “ten large, cool, elegant rooms” and as “not equaled by any other house in the state” for “business, and convenience for a large family.”