Of one of dalton’s pioneer families. The house has been fully restored and sits on a hill above the Crown Gardens and Archives. Well run by informative staff. Take the tour, won’t take 30 minutes.

well kept former home of the predistent of the cotton mill's momma. has to be one of the older homes in the area. served as a hospital during the late unpleasantness.

Hamilton House is the oldest brick home in Dalton, Georgia. Built in 1840 and restored in 1984, the antebellum house is a chenille tufting museum. Its holdings include antiques, chenille bedspreads and tufting artifacts, Cherokee Indian displays and historical memorabilia dating to the Civil War. During the Civil War, the house was used as a hospital and a headquarters for Kentucky's celebrated Orphan Brigade. It features various rooms of interest to historians and antique buffs. The front parlor once was the meeting place of one of the oldest women's study groups in America. The dining room features memorabilia of Robert Loveman, a local songwriter known for his composition of the well-known hymn, Leaning On The Everlasting Arms. The upstairs section of the building houses the chenille tufting museum. Chenille brings back memories of the early days of Peacock Alley, also known as Bedspread Boulevard, Dalton's cottage chenille industry. There are many old cotton chenille spreads, comforters, robes and other tufted items, both from the hand-tufting era and later machine tufting. Also on display are photographs of persons and businesses notable in the early years of the chenille industry. The cottage industry of chenille tufting grew into the carpet industry and led to Dalton's nickname as The Carpet Capitol of the World. Hamilton House is located at 701 Chattanooga Avenue in Dalton, next door to the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society, which purchased the house in 1997. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.