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This handsome Greek Revival home was built by Judge Asa Holt in 1853. It is noted for its fine proportions, Ionic columns, and delicate drawn wire (hand-fashioned) railing and small overhanging balcony. There were several brick out-buildings, of which two survive - the original kitchen, now the Museum at the rear of the house, and the carriage house on the right.
It was on July 30, 1864 during the Battle of Dunlap's Hill that the house became known as The Cannonball House when it was hit by a Union cannonball. General Stoneman's Union battery was positioned on a bluff overlooking the Ocmulgee River at a point that is now the location of Ocmulgee nation Monument. The battery was firing at the Johnston-Hay House on the next corner, known to store, from time to time, funds of the Confederate Treasury. The cannonball stuck the sand walk close to where the historical marker now stands, bounced, struck the second column from the left and ricocheted, going through the house over a parlor window and landing in the hall.
Go visit: Cannonball House & Museum Website
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