Georgia's State Capitol Used to Be in Milledgeville

Fellow RVers, Dave and Kathy found out that the Colonial capitol of North Carolina was in Edenton. They challenged Eric and me to find previous state capitols.

Prior to statehood, Georgia's Colonial capital was in Savannah.  Georgia's first state capital was Louisville.  Unfortunately, we aren't going to be in Louisville this year.  I have to keep this former state capitall on my list of places to visit.

In 1804 the state legislature designated Milledgeville as the site of the Georgia's capitol.  With the help of an librarian in Milledgeville, I was able to locate  the second Georgia state capitol.

Eric parked near the
Georgia Military College.

The entrance to the

school.

Georgia's second capitol

was built between 1805 

& 1807.

This is the oldest Gothic building in the United States.  Georgia's Secession Convention was held here on January 16, 1861.  The Secession Act passed by a vote of 208 to 89 on January 19, 1861.

We were too late to tour the museum.... Sigh.........

Eric points out the crosswalk to

me...

The striping is designed to allow

cars to drive between the stripes;

preventing wear on the striping.

Milledgeville's Confederate

Monument is in the median

across from Georgia

Military College.

This is not the first previous capitol Eric and I have visited.  In looking back through the blog I found that we've visited old state capitols in Springfield, Illinois and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.