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Restoration of well at historic Piedmont Hotel could begin soon
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The Historic Piedmont Hotel sign has been moved to a new area of the new garden area of the historical site. The garden area is part of outdoor renovations around the old hotel that includes several gardens and pathways.
A hand-dug well on the grounds of one of Gainesville’s most revered historic sites could be restored early next year to period fashion. An ornate design will be used in building a structure over the well, or well house, at the Piedmont Hotel, once owned by Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, second in command to Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. “The archival material says (the well produced) the coolest and freshest water in … North Georgia,” said Margaret Rasmussen of the Longstreet-Piedmont Site Planning Committee.