This Second Empire Victorian home was built by Dr. Erwin J. Eldridge (1833-1902). Dr. Eldridge received his medical training from Jefferson College in Philadelphia, with later studies in Vienna, Austria. While in Europe he served as a surgeon in the Crimean War. At the outset of the Civil War, Dr. Eldridge moved to Americus and served as Assistant Surgeon and later Surgeon in the 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment. He served as Chief Surgeon of General Howell Cobb’s command until granted leave in October 1864. While on leave, Dr. Eldridge aided in medical care at Andersonville Prison. A prominent citizen of Americus in the years after the war, he helped organize the local library, served on the Board of Education, and was a director of the Bank of Southwest Georgia.

Americus Historic District, National Register of Historic Places