The Elisha Winn House is located at 908 Dacula Road near Dacula, Georgia, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) north of Dacula city limits. The house, currently in Gwinnett County, was built in 1812, six years before the county was established. In 1809, Elisha Winn, Roger Pugh and Elijah Pugh purchased 7,300 acres (30 km2) on the Apalachee River from a Jackson County tax collector, which the property was part of. On December 15, 1818, the Elisha Winn house and the property became part of Gwinnett County. The house is the oldest surviving building in Gwinnett and probably the oldest building in metropolitan Atlanta.
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