- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- White House Tract historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Richmond County
Cities and towns--Georgia--Augusta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 1822 Broad St., Augusta at Harris House
Text of marker: "WHITE HOUSE TRACT. The 500-acre parcel of land long known as the "White House Tract" witnessed many of Augusta's most significant historical events. On this tract an Indian trading company known as MacKay's Trading Post, or the White House, flourished. Around this establishment the bitter 1st Siege of Augusta raged for four days in September 1780. The unsuccessful Patriots under Col. Elijah Clarke had to leave some wounded behind. Some of these had broken their paroles and were executed by Col. Thomas Brown. The White House Tract was divided into lots and became the town of Harrisburg which was eventually absorbed by Augusta. On the northern end of the tract near where the White House stood, the first Augusta Arsenal was built in 1819, and the Augusta Canal was built across it in 1845. This canal provided power for three textile mills and the Confederate Powder Works built on the White House Tract. One of the most lasting of monuments built on the tract is the Harris-Pearson-Walker House, c. 1797, which was restored in the 1950's. 121-48 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1978" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_white-house-tract
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_white-house-tract
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
