Milledgeville Federal Style Architecture | Vanishing Georgia: Photographs by Brian Brown

This landmark was built for Connecticut native Isaac Newell Sr. (1797-1866). The columns and pediment are thought to be later additions to what appears to have begun as a Federal Style house. After over a century-and-a-half of ownership by Isaac Newell’s descendants, it’s now the Office of Admissions of Georgia College & State University.

Unfortunately, the house is surrounded by heavy utility wires. The extent of my rant would be to say that in one of Georgia’s architectural showplaces such as Milledgeville, an urban plan to bury these wires would be something to seriously consider.

Milledgeville Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

Though not individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Masonic Lodge in Milledgeville was considered by architectural historian John Linley to be of “national importance”. The cornerstone was laid on 25 June 1832 by R. W. Samuel Rockwell, William Davis, Thomas Greene, E. H. Pierce, P. Wright, John Miller, Drury Murphy, John Mitchell, and William Hill. Upon its dedication on 24 June 1834, Judge L. L. Harris was the first Worshipful Master. It’s the oldest such lodge in continuous usage in Georgia, and was designed by the preeminent Milledgeville architect John Marlor and is considered his greatest work. It was garrisoned by Union troops and served as the home of the Freedmen’s Bureau during the Reconstruction era.

Milledgeville Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

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Isaac Newell House, Circa 1825, Milledgeville

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Masonic Temple of Benevolent Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M., 1834, Milledgeville

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