Bulloch Hall was built in 1839 by Major James Stephens Bulloch, the grandfather of President Theodore Roosevelt Jr. The spacious Greek Revival style home is ripe with local and national history. It is often described as one of the most significant homes in Georgia. A visit will include a tour of the home, slave quarters, privy, summer house, wells, gardens, and museum shop. The house is furnished with many period pieces.
Amos Giles Rhodes, founder of Rhodes Furniture Company, had Rhodes Hall constructed on 114 acres between 1902 and 1904. The 9,000-square-foot house was built in the Romanesque Revival style and cost $50,000 to build at the time. Until 1928, the Rhodes family lived in the elegant residence, which features inlaid parquet flooring, silk walls and granite from Stone Mountain. In 1929, the home was donated to the state of Georgia for historical purposes. Rhodes Hall was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. In 1983, it became the headquarters of The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Today, the home sits on one acre and is used for weddings, receptions and other private events. Rhodes Hall is open to the public for tours Tuesday and Saturday.
Visitors should plan to spend one to two hours at the Etowah Indian Mounds, the 54-acre Mississippian culture site with six earthen mounds, a plaza, village area, borrow pits and defensive ditch. Dating back to between 1000 A.D. to 1550 A.D., the site has a museum with film discussing artifacts, some of which also are on display. The site also includes a gift shop, 20 picnic tables, benches beside the Etowah River and bus parking.
