Visit three of Atlanta's most storied historical homes on this guided small group tour. Explore the main buildings and gardens of the beautiful, historical Swan House, the Smith Family Farm and the Margaret Mitchell House. Learn about the history of each home as you step back in time. Additional bonus on tour, we drive through Buckhead, Atlanta. One of the most affluent uptown district in Georgia, and the US. Come take a glimpse at the beautiful homes which resides here. Plenty of photo opportunities on this tour.
Visit the Swan House, the Smith Family Farm and the Margret Mitchell "Gone with the Wind" House on this guided tour of two of Atlanta's famed historical homes, enjoying local pickup and round-trip transportation.
Built in 1928 for the Harvard H. Inman family, the Swan House is one of the most recognizable and photographed landmarks of Atlanta. Noted architect Philip T. Shutze designed Swan House and its gardens, as well as many other distinct buildings in the city. You'll take in the home's classic yet elegant demeanor and explore its beautiful landscaped gardens, fountains and breathtaking views. The tour includes accurate and vivid descriptions of the Inman family's life inside the historic home, acquired by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1966.
Continuing your tour, you'll visit the Smith Family Farm house and grounds. The Tullie Smith House, a plantation house built in the 1840s by the Robert Smith family, is a modest plantation house founded on agriculture. As the Smith family's farm grew, it soon encompassed more than 800 acres of land, on which the family lived. You'll explore the grounds and watch as costumed interpreters bring the history of this historic home to life.
Completing the tour, you will head to The Margaret Mitchell House which was completed in 1899 by Cornelius J. Sheehan. In 1925, Margret Mitchell and her Husband John Marsh, moved into apartment No. 1 where Mitchell wrote the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel Gone With the Wind.
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