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| Macon |
City Auditorium -
Cherry & First St., GA - Phone: 706-632-3031
Attraction Features: Built 1925 and restored 1978. World's largest copper dome. Painting depicting the leading characters in the area's history across the proscenium which measures 10 feet wide, 60 feet long. Fully accessible.
Open Monday - Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday: 2 - 5 pm |
| Fort Benjamin Hawkins - Reconstructed blockhouse of the style built when the federal government established the first modern settlement here in 1806. |
Grand Opera House - 651 Mulberry St.
Attraction Features: Built in 1884 and restored in 1970. One of the largest stages in the U.S. Limited access: tours limited to first level, restrooms not accessible and no designated disabled parking. Open Mon - Fri: 10 am - 12 pm and 2 pm Tours |
U.S. Federal Building Post Office - 451 College Street
Attraction Features: Murals by George Beattie depict the history of that era. |
| Garden Center Headquarters of Federal Garden Club of Macon, Inc. - 730 College St. Open Monday - Friday: 9 am - 1 pm tours. 1907 Neel Reid design. |
Hay House/Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation - 934 Georgia Ave. Mon
Attraction Features: Built 1855-1859. Italian Renaissance, 18,000 square feet, 24 rooms, priceless furnishings, secret room and 18 hand-carved marble mantels and exquisite plaster cornices. Open Sat 10 am - 5 pm and Sun 1 - 4:30 pm |
Kingfish Cabin - 4182 Forsyth Road.
Dwelling and workshop for author Harry Stillwell Edwards. |
Sidney Lanier Cottage - 935 High Street.
Attraction Features: 1840 Victorian cottage with period furnishings and memorabilia of Sidney Lanier, Georgia poet for whom Lake Lanier Islands are named. Tours and museum shop, admission charge. Open Mon - Fri: 9 am 1 pm and 2 - 4 pm, and Sat: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm |
| Woodruff House - Bond Street - 1836 Greek Revival mansion overlooking Macon. Restored by Mercer University. |
Sidney's Old South Historic Tours
Attraction Features: Originating at the Macon-Bibb County Convention & Visitor's Bureau, 200 Cherry Street. Journey into Macon's Antebellum past and present. Specially scheduled tours.
Open Mon - Sat: 10 am & 2 pm. |
| Madison |
Heritage Hall - 277 S. Main Street
Attraction Features: 1825 Green Revival home of Morgan County Historical Society.
Open Daily 10 am - 4:30 pm - March - November |
Historic District
Attraction Features: Walking tour of large National Historic District with over 100 structures. Brochure and tape available at Chamber of Commerce. Open Mon - Fri: 8:30 am - 5 pm |
Morgan County Courthouse - Downtown Madison, GA
Attraction Features: Built in 1905 and featured in a centerfold of an issue of Life Magazine depicting courthouses in the south. OpenMonday - Friday |
Advent Episcopal Church - 338 Academy Street
Attraction Features: Built in 1842. The wrought iron chandeliers predate the building. The slave gallery is used to house the organ and choir. Open daily. |
Madison Baptist Church - 328 S. Main Street
Attraction Features: Built in 1838 with bricks made by hand by slaves on the John Byne Walker Plantation. Lore has it that Union Soldiers stabled horses in basement in 1864. |
Presbyterian Church - S. Main Street
Attraction Features: Built in 1842 in Old English style. Tiffany windows and a silver communion service which was stolen during the War Between the States and later returned by federal orders is still used today. |
The Historic Town That Sherman Refused to Burn
Attraction Features: Madison has a large collection of privately owned Antebellum and Victorian period homes, many of which are shown during tours in May and December. |
Cornelius Vason House - 549 Old Post Road
Attraction Features: 1800's. One of the oldest structures in Madison. Used as a stagecoach inn on route between Charleston and New Orleans when Madison was described as the "wealthiest and most aristocratic town" between the two cities. On driving tour. Private home tours, Saturday through Monday. |
| McDonald |
| Courthouse Square - Built in 1897 and restored in 1981, restoration in progress on Jail Museum. Walking tour brochure available at Chamber of Commerce. |
Old Post Office C.D. - Polk Annex, 34 Covington Street on the Square
Attraction Features: Completed in 1940, one of the last depression era public works projects inaugurated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Features mural telling story of cotton in the South by French artist Jean Charlot, who later became art director of Guggenheim Institute in New York City. |
Shingle Roof Campground - Hwy. 155, 3 miles north of city
Attraction Features: Religious meetings as early as 1830. 100 acre Methodist camp became training ground for Confederate soldiers in 1861. |
Turner Hunt Clements Cabin - Hwy. 20, just east of the city.
Attraction Features: Built in 1832 with wooden pegs. One of the oldest structures in Henry County |
| Milledgeville |
| Capital of Georgia 1804-1868 |
Marlor House - 200 N. Wayne Street
Attraction Features: Built in 1830; headquarters for Allied Arts. Rotating exhibits; group tours are welcome. |
| Museum and Archives of Georgia Education - 131 S. Clark Street, across from Old Attraction Features: Governor's Mansion. Built in 1900. Photographs and memorabilia of the Georgia education systems. Open Mon - Fri: 12 - 5 pm. Group tours welcome. |
Old Governor's Mansion - 120 S. Clark Street.
Attraction Features: Home of 10 Georgia governors. Built in 1838 in Greek Revival style. Restored in 1967. Tour inclusive on Trolley. Open Tue - Sat: 10 am - 5 pm and Sun: 2 - 5 pm. |
Old State Museum - 201 E. Greene Street
Attraction Features:Milledgeville was laid out in 1803 as the State capital and today retains its original plan of parallel streets. This structure, used as the State Capitol Building from 1807-1868, has been rebuilt and is part of the Georgia Military College.
Open Mon - Fri: 9 am - 5 pm (only open during the school season) |
Roe-Harper-Specht House - Corrall Road off 441 North
Attraction Features: 1800 split timber cabin in peaceful country setting. Available for tours, groups and catered meals. |
Stetson-Sanford House - W. Hancock. Available on Trolley Tours
Attraction Features: Built in 1812. Received nationwide acclaim for architectural design and beauty of workmanship. |
| Trolley Tours - Historic District. 200 W. Hancock Street. Originate at Milledgeville Tourism and Trade. Public tours Tue and Fri 10 am, group tours by appointment other days. Step-on guides available. |
| Monroe |
| Historic District - Nine historic districts on National Register plus five individual sites including the city and county jails. |
| Davis Edwards House - Built in 1845 and restored in 1981. Mystery room featured in the children's book, "Uncle Robert's secret", by Wylley Folk St. John. |
Kilgore's Mill Covered Bridge - On Walton-Barrow county lines.
Attraction Features: Built in 1892. 100 foot spans of Apallachee River. No supports in the river. Lattice type truss design. |
McDaniel/Walker Homes - McDaniel Street
Attraction Features: Homes of two former Georgia governors, face each other. Confederate Major Henry Dickerson McDaniel, Governor 1883-86 and Clifford M. Walker, 1923-27, occupied these brick residences. |
| Oxford |
| Historic District - Includes Antebellum homes, Oxford College, Confederate cemetery and Methodist Church. Built in 1841, recently restored. |
| Oxford College at Emory University - Built in 1839, a beautiful campus that boasts many fine examples of architecture. Oxford was the original location of Emory University. |
| Watkinsville |
Akridge Cemetery - U.S. 441 one mile south of the Bishop Community.
Attraction Features: This is the burial place of John Andrew, A Revolutionary Soldier, and first native born Georgian itinerant Methodist minister. He was the father of Bishop James Osgood Andres, who owned a slave named "Kitty", which fact reputedly caused the North-South division of the Methodist Church in 1844. |
Antioch Christian Church - 1100 Antioch Church Road off Hwy. 15
Attraction Features: Established in 1822, the oldest Christian Church in the state of Georgia. |
Eagle Tavern Welcome Center - U.S. 441 downtown
Attraction Features: Early Georgia stage stop and store. Late 1700's furnishings.
Open Mon - Fri: 9 am - 5 pm and Sun: 1-5 pm |
Elder Mill Covered Bridge - Hwy. 15 at Rose Creek
Attraction Features: Built in 1800, one of the last such bridges in use on a public road. |
Mockingbird Forge - U.S. 441 at the Farmington community.
Attraction Features: Restored in 1900, depot now houses local artists, blacksmith, glass blower, potter and woodworker. Hours vary. |
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