415 Seventh Street, P.O. Box 37  •  Augusta, Georgia 30903-0037  •  Phone 706.724.0436

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*** Despite today's rain this evening's event will take place at the Paine home. ***

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012, 6:30 – 9:30 P.M.

[Press Release]

Historic Augusta’s Cotton Ball, a tradition in Augusta since 1988, will be held this year on Thursday, May 17 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm.  The casual affair will take place in the gardens surrounding the home of Kate and Trav Paine, located at 820 Milledge Road.  The Paine’s home, "High Gate" was originally a sand hills cottage built as a summer home for the family of Hugh Nesbitt in about 1810.  Around 1860, Nesbitt's son-in-law, Judge Ebenezer Starnes engaged the services of Augusta master builder William H. Goodrich to add the Italianate style south-facing facade. [Details]

Please encourage your friends and neighbors to join Historic Augusta so they can also attend.

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Historic Augusta's Real Estate Program Kicks Off with Sale of Historic Downtown Home

Historic Augusta has established a Real Estate Program designed to match buyers and sellers of historic properties. Under this program the organization acquires options to buy significant buildings and then sells the properties to preservation minded buyers subject to historic preservation easements. Historic Augusta has executed options to buy three separate properties in downtown Augusta and has subsequently sold one, leaving two buildings available for sale. Information regarding these two buildings can be found by clicking on the photographs below. For more information regarding its Real Estate Program or to schedule a site visit to an available property, contact Robyn Anderson at Historic Augusta, Inc. at 706-724-0436 or by email at robyn@historicaugusta.org.

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Historic Augusta Announces Endangered Properties List for 2012

[Endangered Properties Newsletter]

Historic Augusta announced its sixth annual Endangered Properties List at a press conference held at the Reynolds Street Depot located at 511 Reynolds Street on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. The purpose of the list is to focus the organization's and the community's energy on historic buildings with the greatest need or those which represent a particular type which also have a chance of being preserved through solution-oriented grass roots efforts. Several updates of properties from previous years were given to those in attendance. For more information about the Endangered Properties program or for information regarding a property, please contact Robyn Anderson at Historic Augusta.

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Experience President Woodrow Wilson’s Augusta childhood by visiting his restored boyhood home at 419 Seventh Street

The house museum is owned and operated by Historic Augusta, Inc. Check out our new video for a preview or visit www.wilsonboyhoodhome.org for more information.