Historical Marker

Summer Home (of) Governor Herschel V. Johnson

Midway-Hardwick · Baldwin County · Erected 1936

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The Story

This Greek Revival home, built in 1838 by architect Joseph Lane, served as the summer residence of Herschel V. Johnson, who governed Georgia in the 1850s and ran for vice president alongside Stephen Douglas in 1860.

About this site

Summer Home (of) Governor Herschel V. Johnson is a historical marker in Midway-Hardwick, Baldwin County, erected in 1936. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Baldwin County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.0563, -83.2325 near Midway-Hardwick. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rockwell, Samuel, House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fort--Hammond--Willis House, Rose Hill, and Rutherford, John, House.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.0563, -83.2325 · Midway-Hardwick, Baldwin County

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