Joseph Rucker Lamar Boyhood Home

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Joseph Rucker Lamar Boyhood Home
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Location415 7th St., Augusta, Georgia
Coordinates 33°28′19″N81°57′55″W / 33.47194°N 81.96528°W / 33.47194; -81.96528
Arealess than one acre
Built1860 (1860)
Built byWilliam H. Salisbury
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference No. 96000598 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 13, 1996

Joseph Rucker Lamar Boyhood Home is the boyhood home of Joseph Rucker Lamar in Augusta, Georgia. Lamar served as Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 1996. It is located at 415 7th Street. The house was constructed in 1860. It is located in the Augusta Downtown Historic District, is the headquarters of Historic Augusta, and is used as a visitors center for the Boyhood Home of Woodrow Wilson. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Joseph R. Lamar Boyhood Home National Park Service