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Spring Ramble spotlights Augusta, Georgia Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 15-17
Friday, May 15
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Check-in and Registration at the Joseph R. Lamar Boyhood Home
415 Seventh Street
1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Summerville Ramble
Enjoy Augusta’s most elegant neighborhood from the inside out! Summerville residents will open their homes, allowing you an exclusive peek at their interiors and grounds.
6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Cocktails & Dinner at the 31st Annual Preservation Awards
Sacred Heart Cultural Center, 1301 Greene Street
Plan to attend the Trust's 31st Annual Preservation Awards where awards will be presented to the top projects in the state.
Saturday, May 16
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Check-in and Breakfast
Saint Paul's Church Cemetery
605 Reynolds Street
The cemetery dates from Augusta’s earliest days, with marked graves as early as the 1780s, and includes many early Georgia notables.
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Annual Meeting & Lunch with an Orientation to Augusta
Saint Paul's Church, River Room, 605 Reynolds Street
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Downtown Ramble
Discover Augusta’s varied and vibrant downtown, as you explore completed projects and diamonds in the rough. You can customize your tour by focusing on building types (office buildings, theaters, churches, residences and schools) or wander to whatever intrigues you.
6 – 7 p.m.
Reception & Boat Rides
Augusta Canal Interpretive Center at Enterprise Mill
1450 Greene Street
Tour the canal that made Augusta one of the primary industrial centers in the South. Originally constructed in 1845-46, the Augusta Canal was home to the Confederate Powder Works and several 19th century mills which are still visible today.
7 – 9:30 p.m.
Cocktails & Dinner
Sutherland Mill, 920 St. Sebastian Way
Built in 1886 as the Dartmouth Spinning Company, this mill opened beside the Augusta Canal in 1887 to manufacture yarn for making cotton cloth. The 56,000 square foot structure is currently being rehabbed for medical office suites with the goal of LEED certification, while respecting the historic significance of the building.
Sunday, May 17
9 – 11 a.m.
Brunch at Julian Smith Barbeque Pavilion
Lake Olmstead Park, 78 Milledge Road
Enjoy a sumptuous brunch on Lake Olmstead in a rustic dining hall constructed in 1938 under the Works Progress Administration.
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
McDuffie County Ramble
Visit outstanding historic properties including the former home of Senator Tom Watson and Historic Wrightsboro, Georgia's colonial Quaker settlement.
*Note: Schedule of events subject to change.
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