The Founders Exhibit

Georgia Founders

Photograph by Eric Kvalsvik


The Founder’s Exhibit

Address: Okefenokee Heritage Center

1460 Augusta Avenue
Waycross, GA 31503
Telephone: (912) 285-4260
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Closed Sundays and all major holidays


The Founders Exhibit is a reassembly of a portion of the first house built in Waycross. “Hilltop” was the 1871 Victorian home of Dr. Daniel and Susan Mobley Lott. Eighteen by thirteen feet in size, the exhibit includes a portion of the front porch facade, entrance hall with staircase, and the parlor. It contains many of the original architectural elements of the house and period furnishings.

The Waycross Town Committee of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia contributed furnishings and assists with maintenance and volunteer activities.


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The National Society

The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America actively promotes our national heritage through historic preservation, patriotic service, and educational projects. The NSCDA, founded in 1891, is an association of 45 Corporate Societies with over 15,000 members. The Society headquarters is located at Dumbarton House, a Federal period museum house in Washington, D.C.

The Georgia Society

The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of Georgia
Headquarters located on the ground floor of the Andrew Low House Museum
329 Abercorn Street
Savannah Georgia 31401
(912) 233-1828 FAX: 912-233-9239
www.nscdaga.org
Director: Sbohlin@andrewlowhouse.com

The Georgia Seal

The Seal of the Georgia Society is that of the Colonial Trustees of Georgia, encircled by the name of the Society. Two figures resting upon urns represent the rivers Savannah and Altamaha, the northeastern and southwestern borders of the colony.