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Villa Rica "City of Gold"

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box:     Click Here to Tour      Gold Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Text Box: Historic Downtown Villa Rica Villa Rica, the "City of Gold" is located in NE Carroll County just off  Interstate 20 .In 2007, Villa Rica became a Main Street City. The city hosts the annual Gold Rush Festival in the North Villa Rica Historic District each year in September. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box:      "Wick's Tavern" Museum     West Georgia's Oldest Commercial Structure    212 West Wilson Street, Villa Rica The last remaining structure from Villa Rica's gold town is Wick's Tavern. It was built in 1830 by New York immigrant John B. Wick in Hixtown or Old Gold Village. With the coming of the railroad in 1882, citizens began moving homes and stores from Hixtown to the site of present day Villa Rica.  In 1998, the old tavern was donated to the Friends of Wick 's Tavern and moved to 212 West Wilson Street to serve as a living history museum.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box:      Annie Powell Berry House           203 Peachtree Street, Villa Rica This house was constructed in 1908 and was restored in 2004-2005.  A modern detached garage in period architecture was built behind the house.  It was considered for use as a B&B but remains a private residence.  The house contains many of the original wood floors, much of the millwork, and beveled glass.  The present owner, Valerie Berry Wilhelm, is the granddaughter to the original owners.  Her mother is among the 12 killed in the 1957 explosion at Berry’s Pharmacy that leveled four buildings on the southside of Villa Rica's downtown.

Text Box:    Hart-Green-McLeod House      1120 W. Bankhead Hwy., Villa Rica This 181 year old house, known as the “Hart House”  was built in 1824 by Samuel Hart, one the first settlers to the area. The house is located about three miles southwest of Villa Rica in Hart Town. Hart owned a large body of land that included a gold mine. He rented the house to John Long in 1826. In 1827, Benjamin McFarland Long was born here, the first white child in the county.  Mr. Frank Green’s family owned it for almost 70 years, so it is also known  by many as the “Green House”. Tommy W. McLeod purchased the house and farm in 1996 and used it for weddings, receptions, reunions and special events. Still standing today the old Hart House remains one of Carroll County's oldest  residential structures.  

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