Loudermilk Boarding House & Everything Elvis Museum — Attraction in Cornelia

via Burnaway: Jan.27, 2019 article on the creator of this unique Marvel... 'I had no idea that was up there! I thought it was a normal historic house!” says artist Joni Mabe, imitating common reactions to the museums located on her property in Cornelia, Georgia, approximately an hour and a half northeast of Atlanta. The incredulity being parroted by Mabe—who is often called the “Elvis Babe” or “Queen of the King”—is understandable given the unassuming appearance of the early twentieth-century, two-story structure sporting a National Register of Historic Places plaque in its front yard. The prominently displayed plaque describes the lives of Robert Lee Loudermilk and his wife, Phanettia Callie Henderson Loudermilk, and the building’s importance to local residents, travelling salesmen, WPA workers, railroad employees, farmers, and other laborers. At second glance, one detail of this historical marker seems unusual: among the list of sponsors including the City of Cornelia and the Habersham County Historical Society, Georgia rock band R.E.M. is listed first. Why should a rock band take interest in an...

This is a unique and neglected gem. It has direct appeal to several kinds of people. Lovers of art, Elvis, and fine American houses circa 1908 will find much to ponder. You enter the house, once inexplicably slated for destruction, via an inviting wrap-around porch. One is greeted by a lovely stairway and a hallway leading to a room where relics from the house's history make for interesting viewing. The highlight of the house is probably the upstairs museum dedicated wholly to the collection and assembly of art, memorabilia, and other oddities relating to the life of Elvis Presley. His music fills the air while one inspects the maybe Elvis toenail and the wart of the King acquired by Joni in one of her many visits to Memphis. I would urge anyone interested in southern culture, old houses, ways of life long gone, and Elvis to take in the wonder that is the Loudermilk Boarding House and Everything...

Great place to visit! Really well maintained and displayed. The house is beautiful, the artwork is amazing and Elvis, well Elvis is just ELVIS!! Must...