The White Columns Inn
Hickory Hill, stately home of Senator Thomas E. Watson has been restored and is now a museum
for Sen. Watson. And the childhood home of Sen. Watson has been restored and is the home of the
Watson Brown Foundation. Thomson also has the Wrightsboro Community which was founded by the
Quakers in the 1700s. Tours of these historic sites are available. Washington, GA, the
"Williamsburg of the South" is only 25 minutes northwest on Hwy. 78. We have ticket packages available for admission to the following:
Historic Destinations In Thomson
Historic Destinations in Washington
Forgotten Treasures Historic Tour Package
This region of Georgia is identified as the "Classic South" and driving routes have been
designated so that you can see it all. The architecture of Thomson, McDuffie County relates
its heritage of settlement with some of the finest and earliest homes in the state.
Hickory Hill, Tom Watson Way
Watson-Brown Foundation and Monroe Kimbrel Memorial Gardens
Wrightsboro Methodist Church and Cemetery
The Rock House
The Bowden-Johnson House
Washington-Wilkes Historical Museum
Robert Toombs State Historical Site
Callaway Plantation
Alexander H. Stephens State Park (Liberty Hall)
Alexander H. Stephens State Park (Confederate Museum)