Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson

419 Seventh Street, Augusta GA
706-724-0436
www.wilsonboyhoodhome.org

Owned and operated by Historic Augusta, Inc.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) lived in this Presbyterian Manse from 1860 to 1870. He spent the formative years of his childhood in Augusta, years that would affect him for the rest of his life. While living in Augusta, Wilson experienced the hardships of the Civil War and Reconstruction. He also began his education, tasted leadership and developed his deep Presbyterian faith.

At Georgia's oldest Presidential home the visitor will find 14 rooms furnished to the
1860s Victorian period with 13 original pieces of furniture used by the future president and his family.

During the tour, two of the Principal String Players of the Augusta Symphony will perform period music in the parlor. David Reader will play the cello on Friday and Saturday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Carl Purdy will play the violin on Sunday from 1 to 2:30 p.m.. Civil War reenactors will also be on site to tell the story of the Wilson family

1797 Ezekiel Harris House

1822 Broad Street, Augusta GA
706-737-2820
www.augustamuseum.org

Owned by Augusta-Richmond County and
operated by the Augusta Museum of History

Ezekiel Harris (1757-1828) came to this area of Georgia to establish his own tobacco inspection station and warehouse. Harris laid out a town named Harrisburg on the
colonial “White House Tract” of Revolutionary War fame. He hoped Harrisburg would rival Augusta in the tobacco trade.

Said to be “… the finest eighteenth-century house surviving in Georgia…” by the Smithsonian Guide to Historic America, the Ezekiel Harris House is an outstanding example of Federal style architecture.

The Ezekiel Harris House will be beautifully decorated for a 1797 Christmas and will feature eighteenth-century music and costumed interpreters in period dress.

Meadow Garden Home of George Walton

1320 Independence Drive, Augusta GA
706-724-4174
www.georgiastatedar.org

Owned and operated by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Georgia State Society

This rare 18th century Sand Hills cottage was the farm home of George Walton (c1739-1804), the youngest signer from Georgia of the Declaration of Independence. This home, purchased and opened in 1901 by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), is the oldest documented historic house in Augusta.

A National Historic Landmark, this site actually features two joined homes and is complimented by 18th and 19th century American and English furnishings, porcelains, paintings, and primitive household equipment.

Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History

1116 Phillips Street, Augusta GA
706-734-3576
www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.com

Owned and operated by Delta House, Inc.

The Lucy Craft Laney Museum is the former home of Lucy Craft Laney, an outstanding Georgia educator. She was born during slavery and grew up to be a well educated young woman. She was graduated from the first class of Atlanta University, in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduation, she taught in Milledgeville, Savannah, and Augusta where she made her greatest contributions. She started the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, the Lamar Nursing School, and a kindergarten for black children.

Now her home serves as a beacon of hope for all who visit the museum that is always bustling with activities that represent what she lived and worked for in Augusta

Redcliffe PlantationState Historic Site

181 Redcliffe Road, Beech Island SC
803-827-1473
www.southcarolinaparks.com

Owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism

Completed in 1859, Redcliffe’s Greek-Revival mansion was the home of South Carolina Governor James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) and three generations of his descendants. A successful cotton planter, Hammond designed Redcliffe to be an estate for relaxation, entertaining, and agricultural experimentation.

In 1935, Hammond’s great-grandson, John Shaw Billings, began restoring the mansion to its 19th-century grandeur. Billings, an editor of Time, Life, and Forbes magazines, donated the estate and its collections to the people of South Carolina in 1973, ensuring that this family’s beloved home place would be preserved. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Due to lighting restrictions, the upper floor of the home will not be open during the evening hours.