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Washington-Wilkes Historical Museum, also known as the Washington Historical Museum, is a historical building in
Washington, Georgia Washington is the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia, United States. Under its original name Heard's Fort, it was briefly designated as the state capital during the American Revolutionary War. It is noted as the place where the Confederacy ...
. The home was built ca. 1835 by
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on land owned by
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Micajah Williamson Micajah is a given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Micajah Autry (1794–1836), American merchant, poet and lawyer who died in the Texas Revolution at the Battle of the Alamo * Micajah Burnett (1791–1879), American Shaker a ...
.Washington Historical Museum
Washington-Wilkes HIstorical Foundation It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on May 13, 1970. It is located at 308 East Robert Toombs Avenue.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilkes County, Georgia This is a list of properties and districts in Wilkes County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of distr ...


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Washington Historical Museum
- official site Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Houses completed in 1835 Museums in Wilkes County, Georgia Houses in Wilkes County, Georgia Historic house museums in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Wilkes County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-museum-stub