A Field Trip to LaGrange, Georgia

Historic Home Of The Fuller E. Callaway Family

The Flower Child and His Bride took a Field Trip to LaGrange, Georgia to visit Hills and Dales Estate. The current home on this estate was build in 1916 at a cost of $125,000.00. The site was first developed by Sarah Ferrell in 1841. The Ferrell family sold the gardens developed by Sarah and Nancy in 1911 to Fuller E. Callaway. Fuller was married to Ida Carson. This garden is the "Ray Garden" which is former years was actually a vegetable garden.

You can appreciate that the Estate is studded with large trees. This one caught my eye and I just had to take a picture of it.

The Gardens surrounding this historic home are very pleasant to enjoy and were developed over a period of well over one hundred years. Fuller E. Callaway was a very successful textile manufacturer and he commissioned an Atlanta Architectural Firm to design the family home which is in excellent repair.

This lovely home was designed by Neil Reid who also designed many homes in Macon, Georgia.

The estate covers 35 acres and is maintained by a Foundation established by the Callaway Family. This picture shows the Flower Child taking a break on the trip from the Home to the Hills and Dales Welcome Center.