Pasaquan

Pasaquan
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Pasaquan as seen from Eddie Martin Road in 2012.
Nearest city	Buena Vista, Georgia
Built	1957
Architect	Martin, Eddie Owens; et al.
NRHP Reference #	08000833[1]
Added to NRHP	August 27, 2008

Pasaquan is a 7-acre (28,000 m²) compound near Buena Vista, Georgia. It was created by an eccentric folk artist named Eddie Owens Martin (1908–1986), who called himself St. EOM. An internationally renowned art site, it consists of six major structures including a redesigned 1885 farmhouse, painted concrete sculptures, and 4 acres (16,000 m²) of painted masonry concrete walls. In September 2008, Pasaquan was accepted for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

Martin inherited the land from his mother and, using proceeds earned from fortune telling, transformed the house and its surrounding land. In an article on the outsider artist, Tom Patterson describes Pasaquan as “one of the most remarkable folk art environments in America—a sort of mock pre-Columbian psychedelic wonderland of brightly painted totems, curved and angled walls and walkways, and wildly ornamented structures that [Martin] called “temples” and “pagodas.”^[2] The site is maintained by the Pasaquan Preservation Society.

References

1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Patterson, Tom. "St. EOM", BOMB Magazine Spring, 1987. Retrieved 2012-11-28

External links

• Pasaquan Preservation Society

Coordinates: 32°20′47″N 84°34′53″W / 32.34635°N 84.58150°W