Historic Buildings

Nacoochee Indian Mound Pano
Hardman Farm State Historic Site is located in historic Sautee Nacoochee in Northeast Georgia. The 173-acre historic site includes an 1870 Italianate mansion and the gazebo-topped Native American burial mound. The Italianate mansion was originally known as "West End" because it was at the west end of the Nacoochee valley. Other structures include a kitchen, horse barn, dairy barn, and spring house. Capt. James Nichols built the main house in 1870 and the gazebo atop the Sautee Nacoochee Indian Mound in 1890. His daughter Anna Ruby Nichols is the namesake of the Anna Ruby Falls located near Unicoi State Park, Helen, Georgia. Dr. Lamartine Griffin Hardman purchased the property in 1903. Hardman was an American physician and politician who served as the 65th Governor of the state of Georgia. The property remained in the Hardman family, and was preserved and donated to the state of Georgia in 1999. The Nacoochee Mound is an archaeological site on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in White County, in the northeast part Georgia. First occupied as early as 100-500 CE by Woodland culture people, the site was later developed and occupied more intensively from 1350 to 1600 CE by peoples of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture. The latter people built a characteristic platform mound at this site, and evidence of related villages were found both east and west of the mound. A professional archeological excavation revealed a total of 75 human burials, with artifacts that support dating of the site. A gazebo was installed on top of the mound in 1890 by Capt. James Nichols for his daughter Anna Ruby. After the mound was excavated in 1915, former governor Dr. Lamartine Griffin Hardman had a reconstruction of the gazebo built on the mound.
Anna Ruby's Gazebo on the Nacoochee Indian Mound
Hardman Farm State Historic Site is located in historic Sautee Nacoochee in Northeast Georgia. The 173-acre historic site includes an 1870 Italianate mansion and the gazebo-topped Native American burial mound. The Italianate mansion was originally known as "West End" because it was at the west end of the Nacoochee valley. Other structures include a kitchen, horse barn, dairy barn, and spring house. Capt. James Nichols built the main house in 1870 and the gazebo atop the Sautee Nacoochee Indian Mound in 1890. His daughter Anna Ruby Nichols is the namesake of the Anna Ruby Falls located near Unicoi State Park, Helen, Georgia. Dr. Lamartine Griffin Hardman purchased the property in 1903. Hardman was an American physician and politician who served as the 65th Governor of the state of Georgia. The property remained in the Hardman family, and was preserved and donated to the state of Georgia in 1999. The Nacoochee Mound is an archaeological site on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in White County, in the northeast part Georgia. First occupied as early as 100-500 CE by Woodland culture people, the site was later developed and occupied more intensively from 1350 to 1600 CE by peoples of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture. The latter people built a characteristic platform mound at this site, and evidence of related villages were found both east and west of the mound. A professional archeological excavation revealed a total of 75 human burials, with artifacts that support dating of the site. A gazebo was installed on top of the mound in 1890 by Capt. James Nichols for his daughter Anna Ruby. After the mound was excavated in 1915, former governor Dr. Lamartine Griffin Hardman had a reconstruction of the gazebo built on the mound.
Anna Ruby's Gazebo on the Nacoochee Indian Mound
Hardman Farm State Historic Site is located in historic Sautee Nacoochee in Northeast Georgia. The 173-acre historic site includes an 1870 Italianate mansion and the gazebo-topped Native American burial mound. The Italianate mansion was originally known as "West End" because it was at the west end of the Nacoochee valley. Other structures include a kitchen, horse barn, dairy barn, and spring house. Capt. James Nichols built the main house in 1870 and the gazebo atop the Sautee Nacoochee Indian Mound in 1890. His daughter Anna Ruby Nichols is the namesake of the Anna Ruby Falls located near Unicoi State Park, Helen, Georgia. Dr. Lamartine Griffin Hardman purchased the property in 1903. Hardman was an American physician and politician who served as the 65th Governor of the state of Georgia. The property remained in the Hardman family, and was preserved and donated to the state of Georgia in 1999. The Nacoochee Mound is an archaeological site on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in White County, in the northeast part Georgia. First occupied as early as 100-500 CE by Woodland culture people, the site was later developed and occupied more intensively from 1350 to 1600 CE by peoples of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture. The latter people built a characteristic platform mound at this site, and evidence of related villages were found both east and west of the mound. A professional archeological excavation revealed a total of 75 human burials, with artifacts that support dating of the site. A gazebo was installed on top of the mound in 1890 by Capt. James Nichols for his daughter Anna Ruby. After the mound was excavated in 1915, former governor Dr. Lamartine Griffin Hardman had a reconstruction of the gazebo built on the mound.