Missed the trolley tour? Try something new! Getting your daily 10,000 steps and a lesson in history through Milledgeville’s Historic Walking Tour has never been easier. Whether you’re a longtime local or just passing through Milledgeville for the day, we encourage you to grab a map and your most comfortable shoes for a 3.55 mile walk through town!
The walking tour begins in our office, the Milledgeville-Baldwin County Convention Center and Visitors Bureau. We’ll give you a tour map to bring along for the walk that includes historical information about each site. You’ll pass through 44 historic sites, 12 of which are open to the general public. Most of these residences are private, however, so remember to be quiet and respectful!
Stop 1: The Welcome Center
Open to the Public
Stop 2: Old State Capitol
Grounds are open to the Public
Stop 3: Memory Hill Cemetery
Open to the Public
Stop 4: Flagg Chapel
Credit: http://milledgevillegeorgia.blogspot.com/2010/05/flagg-chapel-baptist-church.html
Stop 5: Sallie Ellis Davis House
Open to the Public
Stop 6: Major Edward White House
Stop 7: Blount-Parks-Mara-Williams House
Stop 8: Newell-Watts House
Stop 9: Sanford-Powell-Binion-Mara-Hogg-Mims-Thorton-Simms House
Stop 10: Cline-O’Conner-Florencourt House
Stop 11: Stovall-Conn-Gardner House “Thirteen Columns”
Stop 12: McComb-Hollomon-Waddell House
Stop 13: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Stop 14: Williams-Ferguson-Lewis-Oliver House “The Homestead”
Credit: https://vanishingnorthgeorgia.com/2014/11/10/the-homestead-1818-milledgeville/
Stop 15: Orme-Sallee House
Credit: https://vanishingnorthgeorgia.com/2014/11/10/orme-sallee-house-circa-1822-milledgeville/
Stop 16: Bearden-Montegomery-Gormly House
Credit: https://vanishingnorthgeorgia.com/2014/11/10/bearden-montgomery-house-1899-milledgeville/
Stop 17: Alling-Bethune-Combs House
Stop 18: Myrick-Jenkins-Harris
Stop 19: Alton House “Buena Vista”
Credit: https://oldgeorgiahomes.com/2017/03/milledgeville-beautiful-old-homes-part-2/
Stop 20: Fraley-Sessions-Lawrence-Harrington-Sheppard House
Credit: By Blastoids – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52174528
Stop 21: Paine-Jones House
Credit: By Blastoids – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52174528
Stop 22: Bell-Martin House
Stop 23: Brown-Stetson-Sanford House
Stop 24: Gobert-Baston-Synder House
Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/5811487068
Stop 25: Bone House
Credit: https://gallery.gcsu.edu/Campus-Beauty/i-GZW2wWc
Stop 26: “The Old Parsonage”
Stop 27: Howard-Jarratt-Garrad-Baker House “The Cedars”
Stop 28: Compton-Fowler-McKnight Cottage
Stop 29: Roberts-Jones-Johnson/Thompson-Lorenz House “Antebellum Inn”
Open to the Public
Stop 30: Beeson-Andrews Stewart House
Stop 31: Harris-Vinson-Snead House
Stop 32: Flannery O’Connor Room
Reopening on the Georgia College campus late November 2018.
Stop 33: John Marlor Arts Center
Open to the public.
Stop 34: Allen’s Market Building
Stop 35: Flemister-Roberts-Littleton-Hobbs House
Stop 36: Case-Flemister-Woods-Pelton House
Stop 37: Breedlove-Scott-Tate-Thompson House
Stop 38: Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Open to the Public
Credit: http://www.sacredheartmilledgeville.org/
Stop 39: Masonic Hall
Credit: https://www.benevolent3.com/
Stop 40: Old Baldwin County Courthouse
Stop 41: Atkinson Hall
Open to the Public
Credit: http://www.gcsu.edu/facilities
Stop 42: Wooten-Garner House
Open to the Public
Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125122378@N05/15445779007
Stop 43: Old Governor’s Mansion
Open to the Public
Stop 44: Blackbridge Hall
Open to the Public
Credit: http://www.gcsu.edu/hub
Author: Makayla Hays
Meet Makayla. Makayla Hays is a current senior at Georgia College where she studies mass communication and marketing and lives in the charming community of Milledgeville. She loves all things related to travel, food, books, and films. When she’s not studying at Blackbird Coffee or working on her latest project, you can find her laughing with friends in one of Milledgeville’s many restaurants downtown. Her dream job would be to work as a travel writer or videographer.
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