old governor's mansion

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  BonnieBrant

  This mansion is chock full of history. It has been renovated in recent years and is a quality experience from top to bottom. There is a lot to learn and even more to see as you find your imagination slipping into another time. You'll enjoy taking the tour.

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  Pwiddie

  The house was amazing and beautiful however our tour guide was less than enthusiastic to be there and it showed. The house and tour is certainly worth your time if you find yourself in Milledgeville.

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  originalbob

  The Old Governor's Mansion is, in terms of being a restored structure, one of the finest house museums in Georgia. It's gratifying to know that this huge, exceptional example of Greek Revival architecture is so well cared-for--not an easy proposition. Its many inhabitants were responsible for bringing their own furnishings, so original pieces are scarce, though the furniture that is here is well-chosen and representative.I would have given this five stars had the tour guide not been so seemingly interested in rushing through to end his day (we were part of the last tour, 4:00pm). Overviews of each room were brief; several questions yielded interesting details, and we'll never know what we didn't learn because we didn't think to ask.

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  PhyllisK567

  The Mansion is beautifully and accurately restored. It is a grand building and a wonderful way to learn some history. The tour was interesting, informative, entertaining, enthusiastic and was thoroughly enjoyed by our group of eight. The gift shop, restrooms, access were all very nice. Anybody traveling in the area should definitely make time for a visit to the Old Governor's Mansion.

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  LarryAndKwan

  You don't need to visit at the holidays to enjoy, but you will be glad if you did. If these walls could talk I could only image the tales they could tell. A true living museum ready to allow you exterince history. A must see!

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  tleeEvans

  Recently toward this house in December with my daughter and her friend who are attending college in Milledgeville. If you can only attend this tour one time I would suggest at Christmas time. The decorations that are throughout the home are very well done and you can tell a lot of volunteer hours were used in order to make them and put them up. Our tour guide that day was a very knowledgeable young man who knew a lot of history of the house and of the town of Milledgeville itself. The only thing that I think would make the tour more interesting was to have pictures of before and after the restoration

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  JMAC2239

  has been spent restoring this old home. Kind of hard to believe that a state university has an extra $10 million to spend on an old home while tuition and all other costs escalate.

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  DebP537

  Very knowledgeable guide, and very beautiful historical building in downtown Milledgeville. It was interesting to where see the capital was before moving it to Atlanta long ago. There is much Civil War history here.

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  davidkC4358TQ

  The outside of this building is impressive, primarily because if its size. Other homes in the area are smaller but more attractive. Once inside, the tour is fantastic. It's amazing how many furnishings, paintings, and other parts of early Georgia history are preserved here. A wonderful visit.As far as we could tell, there is no parking directly assigned to the mansion. You need to park on the street. We were able to get a place on the street behind the mansion. Public parking is two hours, plenty of time to see this great treasure.

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  Virga017

  The mansion is beautiful and the house has a lot of period pieces, but the highlight was the information provided by the tour guide. We got a good sense of the politics of the time period and how the governor's mansion operated.