The house was built in the 1840s, survived the Civil War and was moved to the site in the 1970s. It is used to teach visitors about what life was like on a small family plantation.
The farm includes all of the outbuildings that would be necessary to maintain a plantation...
You can also explore inside most of the buildings and see how furnishings and conveniences have changed over time...
There are also several friendly costumed interpreters to answer questions and tell stories about life in the 1850s...
Walk just a bit further and take a peek at the Wood Family Cabin.
This is an example of what pioneer houses were like when the Atlanta area was just being settled. The cabin originally stood near the Chattahoochee River and approximately two miles from the site of the Creek Indian settlement of Standing Peachtree...
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