For well over a century a pecan tree planted on this property in 1848 was memorialized as “The Mother of Georgia’s Pecan Industry”.

A house built for Judge William Taylor in 1842 originally stood on this lot. The seed nut for the historic pecan tree was brought from Texas by Mrs. Taylor’s mother. It was given to Judge John T. Clarke in 1863 and burned sometime between 1882-1884. It was rebuilt as one-story cottage by Judge Clarke, who sold it to George McDonald (1855-1923), a former mayor of Cuthbert, in 1889. McDonald added a second floor. One of his descendants, Annette McDonald Suarez, transferred it to Andrew College in 1974 for use as the college president’s home.

Cuthbert Historic District, National Register of Historic Places