1900-1925
Ella Gannt Smith, artist, inventor, manufactured in this building the famous Roanoke Dolls. The dolls, completely handmade, featured a head molded of plaster of Paris enclosed in a tight cotton fabric cut and stuffed to resemble body, hands and legs. Facial features of each doll were hand-painted, no two being alike. At her death, April 2, 1932, Mrs. Smith held eleven patents. The factory, built by her husband, S. S. Smith, was later converted into an apartment building.HM Number | HM7KD |
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Placed By | Randolph County Historical Society |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 10:20pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 651840 N 3669218 |
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Decimal Degrees | 33.15110000, -85.37188333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 33° 9.066', W 85° 22.313' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 33° 9' 3.96" N, 85° 22' 18.78" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 334, 256 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 2-188 Vaughn St, Roanoke AL 36274, US |
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