About Milledgeville's Historic Distric

Confused? Let me clear that up for you. My Donald asked what I want for my birthday. So I decided today when I was looking to see what was happening around Lake Sinclair so I could decide. There is going to be a Civil War lecture on Wednesday. It's going to be held here at the former Governor's mansion. During the civil war Milledgeville was the capitol of Georgia. It will be Wednesday March 7th at 6 p.m. And while I like history a lot more now than when I was a student and hated it, it's not what I want for MY birthday date, but I am going to tell my Donald. He may want to tack it on to his bithday... since it was just last Friday. And if he does, I will certainly treat him. I love to go to the Governor's mansion. One of our frist dates was to a dinner theater and we got to eat inside the mansion. NICE. The Mansion is open for tours. If you ever have the opportunity, I highly recommend seeing it.

But back to my birthday. I want to see the GCSU production of Doubt. I went and read some reviews and it sounds really nice. The production is not happening ON my birthday, but close enough. It will be at 8 pm on March 20th, 21st and 22nd at the Black Box Theatre. I saw a production at the Black Box Theatre last year and loved it. That newly aquired property to GCSU holds lots of happy memories for me. It was a privately owned movie theater when I was in high school and college. It was "THE" place to see a movie before the multi-plex Carmike opened at the mall in Milledgeville. I saw lots of great and even some not so great movies there.

But after reading some reviews on DOUBT, it's going to be my birthday date. Donald doesn't know it yet. But I'll tell him this evening so he can go ahead and pick up the tickets. Want to order tickets of your own? You can do it on line now. I hope the production lives up to the reviews I read about it. I'll let you know.

Historic Downtown Milledgeville Goergia- Columns and Culture- A wonderful place to call home!

In taking an afternoon stroll down the streets of historic downtown Milledgeville last week my husband commented "I wonder how many columns are with a 6 block radius of here?" It was retorical because, frankly there are too many to count. There are many streets in the downtown area that are still residential and it's a wonderful place to live. It's filled with both columns and culture. Milledgeville is known as the "First Lady of Georgia."

It would take more than one day to take it all in there is so much to do and see, but a wonderful place to start is the trolley tour. Historic downtown Milledgeville is a wonderful place to live filled with stately southern mansions, the historic governor's mansion and the capitol where the Georgia legislators voted to secede from the Union during a fascinating period in Georgia and U.S. history.

There are currently 14 homes listed for sale that are located within the historic distric of Downtown Milledgeville Georgia. All of these homes require an appointment for viewing. So if you'd like to live in a stately home with columns and have a huge amount of culture and activities right within walking distance of your front door. And there are some wonderful places to eat right downtown as well. Aubri Lane's is where I had my birthday dinner and it's located in an old bank. Later I'll be posting a review, so be sure to visit my blog regularly so you won't miss that.

Downtown Millegeville, Georgia is the only city in the country built and designed as a state Capital. The area was surveyed and 84 square acres became the downtown area of Milledgeville, Georgia. It was in 1804 the the state legislature declared Milledgeville to be the new capital of Georgia. In 1807 fifteen wagons, escorted by troops, left Louisville, the former capital, carrying the treasury and public records of the state. The old capital building with its pointed arched windows and battlements marked it as America's FIRST public building in the Gothic revival style. The former legislation chambers have been used for the current state legislation a couple of times in the past 10 years since the building was restored. It also now houses a wonderful museum.

Just a few of the wonderful sites to see and things to do within just minutes of downtown Historic Milledgeville are:

ALLIED ARTS, INC.

Regional and local artists on display, Workshops and classes 201 N. Wayne Street (478)452-3950

BLACKBRIDGE HALL ART GALLARY

National and regional contemporary artists and Georgia College and State University art majors (478-445-4572

ALLEN MARKET BUILDING

A 1911 building that has been adapted into theater, meeting and studio space (478) 452-3950

GEORGIA OLD CAPITAL MUSEUM

Located on the campus of Georgia Military College. Civil war era and native American artifacts 478-453-1803

ANDALUSIA

Family Home of author Flannery O'Connor. Tours are available. Guest lecturers sometimes. Call for tour information and hours of operation 478-454-4029

THE OLD GOVERNORS MANSION

The mansion has been restored to its 1851 appearance. Tours run Tuesday through Saturday. All tours begin on the hour 478-445-4545

GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic era fossils from Georgia and around the world. Limited Hours Call for information 478-445-0809

There are also two colleges right downtown Millegeville:

Georgia College & State University

Georgia Military College

So if you are looking for a stately home in a place where you can never run out of things to do and see give me a call and I'd be happy to make an appointment to show you property in downtown historic Milledgeville, Georgia.