Home of Nicholas Ware

Home of Nicholas Ware is a Georgia historical marker in Richmond County, dedicated 1955.

On 5th Street in front of The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art in Augusta.

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Nicholas Ware was born in Virginia in 1777. Ware was the son of Revolutionary War veteran Captain Robert Ware and moved to Augusta with his family as a child. He served as Mayor of Augusta from 1819-1821, later serving several times in the state legislature, and was US Senator from Georgia from 1821 until his death in 1824. Ware County, Georgia, was named for him. This house was built by Ware as his home in 1818 and was known as "Ware's Folly." It is believed that it was designed or inspired by Gabriel Manigault, the noted Charleston architect. It is now owned by the Gertrude Herbert Memorial Institute of Art.

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Historical maps covering this location

1764 · Carte de la Nouvelle Georgie (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1776 · A General Map of the Southern British Colonies, in America. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1778 · Parte Orientale della Florida, della Giorgia, e Carolina Meridionale. Fogl. XI (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1794 · Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1795 · State of South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Parte Orientale della Florida, della Giorgia, e Carolina Meridionale. Fogl. XI, 1778, covering the location of Home of Nicholas Ware, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Parte Orientale della Florida, della Giorgia, e Carolina Meridionale. Fogl. XI, 1778, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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On the National Register nearby

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Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.