Georgia Trust Ramble To Visit Stewart County

The nation's largest statewide preservation organization, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, has chosen Stewart County for its annual Fall Ramble. On Friday, October 27 and Saturday, October 28, the Trust’s members will tour numerous historic sites in the county, including Westville.
Stewart County is a county rich in heritage---cultural, natural, pre-historic and historic. The two-day event will feature this culture by presenting a sampling of each kind of heritage.

For example, on Friday afternoon, three Lumpkin houses will be highlighted, including the wonderful home of Carney and Andy Misulia. Five other tours that day will include Louvale's Church Row and the County Jail, with its intact hangman's noose.
The Friday night meal will be at West Hill, the home of Sue Moye. Her 1836 plantation includes many outbuildings, such as a five-hole outhouse.
After an orientation in the Stewart County Courthouse on Saturday morning, Ramblers will be able to tour an African-American rural church and two rural buildings. There will also be six buildings in the City of Richland available on Saturday. One is a tea education and conference center. Ramblers will be able to sample and learn about tea that day.
A new feature of this Ramble will be a children's track. Throughout the tour, Westville, the Bedingfield Inn, and Providence Canyon will be open to Ramblers. In addition, Singer-Moye Indian Mounds will be open after lunch for tour with Frank Schnell, archaeologist at the Columbus Museum.
Lunch will be held at the country home of Sis and Reg Hancock, Loblolly Farms.
To join the Ramble, please call Laura Gaines at 404/881-9980. A special reception will be held on October 27 at the Bedingfield Inn for new members and first-time Ramblers. For more information, please visit www.georgiatrust.org.
Various members of Georgia's preservation community gathered in May in Governor Roy Barnes's office for the signing of a proclamation of Historic Preservation Month. Ray Luce, State Historic Preservation Officer, is at the extreme left. Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation President Greg Paxton is third from left. Fifth from the left is Sheffield Hale, Georgia Trust Board Chair. Governor Roy Barnes is seated. Westville Director Matthew Moye is directly behind the Governor. Charlotte Frazier of Columbus, Georgia African-American Historic Preservation Network Chair is second from right.
Westville is a living museum which is intended to resemble an 1850 rural Georgia town as closely as possible through the studied placement of actual buildings, decorative arts, and landscaping from the period. By demonstrating traditional work skills, the museum staff invites visitors to compare life just prior to the Industrial Revolution with that of today. The museum’s scope thus includes research, interpretation, education and preservation.Westville is operated by Westville Historic Handicrafts, Inc. a not-for-profit educational corporation with policies set by a volunteer Board of Trustees and Advisors. Interested persons may support Westville through donations, membership and volunteerism.

Frederick Overby
Chairman, Board of Trustees
W.E. Cannington, Jr.
Chairman, Executive Committee
Matthew Moye
Executive Director
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