3 Best Landmarks in Augusta, GA

“The Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson is a famous historical site and art museum owned and operated by Historic Augusta, Inc. The Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson was granted National Historic Landmark status in 2008 and is considered one of the country's top art museums. This oldest official residence in Georgia is an educational center and a popular attraction for tourists nationwide. There are fourteen rooms in the Victorian era style of the 1860s, along with a newly-built service house consisting of a kitchen and carriage house. Knowledgeable and highly skilled docents lead the museum's guided home tours, and visitors can take non-flash photographs.”

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“Meadow Garden served as the residence of George Walton, one of the signatories to the Declaration of Independence, and is now a national historic landmark. The Museum is located east of the Sutherland Mill and is separated from the Augusta Canal by the Augusta Canal Historic Walking Trail. The building, a 1-1/2 story wood-frame structure on a high brick basement, was constructed in stages, originally three bays wide, but now expanded to six with three double-glazed dormers and two chimneys that project from the gabled roof. The front of the home has a shed-roof porch supported by slender Doric columns. The property showcases 18th and 19th-century American and English furnishings, porcelains, paintings, and primitive household equipment. It is also a contributing belonging to the Augusta Canal Industrial National Register Historic District. The Museum is in the heart of Augusta's industrialized area; the Meadow Garden provides a peaceful and welcoming retreat.”

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“Ezekiel Harris House was constructed in 1797 and is considered to be a prime example of early Federal architecture. Ezekiel Harris House is regarded as "the finest surviving eighteenth-century house in Georgia." The house was fully restored in 1964 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The house serves as a reminder of the time when tobacco was the main cash crop in Georgia. The historical site features an impressive vaulted hallway that gives visitors a glimpse of life during the Federal Period in Georgia. The Augusta Museum of History manages the house, and tours can be scheduled by appointment. For decades, schoolchildren have enjoyed touring the house.”

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