The William Root House is a landmark in Marietta, an antebellum house near Marietta Square, built by druggist and merchant William Root. Root moved to Marietta from Philadelphia in 1939, and built his house in 1845.
I often delve into the collection of 19th-century newspapers, digitized at the Georgia Historic Newspapers website, which is housed at the University of Georgia.
You can learn a lot about what William Root sold by looking over the ads he ran in Marietta newspapers. His products ranged from hardware to miracle cures…