WHERE TO FIND HISTORY Barrington Hall 535 Barrington Drive 770.640.3855 roswellgov.com/ discover-us/southerntrilogy-historic-housemuseums/barringtonhall Bulloch Hall 180 Bulloch Ave. 770.992.1731 bullochhall.org
TOP: Azaleas bloom in spring on the grounds of Smith Plantation, constructed by one of Roswell’s founding families. Tours are available. BOTTOM: The trail system in Old Mill Park includes rolling hills, Civil War sites and a view of Vickery Falls.
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See a play or a historic display at Bulloch Hall, the childhood home of Mittie Bulloch, Theodore Roosevelt’s mother. The museum room details life from the family’s arrival in 1838 and includes information about President Roosevelt’s 1905 visit. A chronicle of the Bullochs, a family bitterly divided by the Civil War, is included. Like most landed Southerners, they owned slaves and the slave quarters bear a plaque of the names of those who worked and served on the property. Smith Plantation was built in 1845 on 300 acres that includes a guest house, slave quarters, a cook house, carriage house and barn. Three generations of Archibald Smith’s family lived in the house and some of the original furnishings remain. There’s still some of the Civil War outdoors. Hike into Old Mill Park to see the ruins of the Roswell Manufacturing Co., textile mills and blacksmith shop. Fully operational by 1839, it was burned by Union soldiers in 1864 when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman ordered that 400 mill workers, mainly women and children, be charged with treason. Rebuilt after the war, it burned again in 1926. The park is open daily and includes a walking trail with
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Smith Plantation 935 Alpharetta St. 770.641.3978 roswellgov.com/ discover-us/southerntrilogy-historic-housemuseums/smithplantation