The house was built in 1853 by Judge Asa Holt, but it is better
known as the Cannonball House. The name came from the damage it
suffered during the Civil War at the Battle of Dunlap Hill just
outside of Macon, Georgia. Cannons were aiming for the Hay House
that is just two doors up the road. The shot missed the Hay House
though, bounced on the Holt's lawn, struck the second column from
the left, entered the home over a parlor window, and landed in the
hall. Visitors are able to come and pick up the original cannonball
and see the dent in the floor where it landed on July 30, 1864.
This is the only Macon home that was damaged during the Civil
War.
The house is currently home to a Confederate museum, a gift
shop, and recreations of the original meeting rooms of the two
oldest national collegiate sororities, Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu,
just as they were at Wesleyan College, the world's first chartered
woman's college (1863).
The virtual cache can be attained at any time, but the house and
museum are open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Admission fee is required for the tour and museum though (don't
have to pay to get the cache).
To get the smiley:
- Find and visit the twelve-pounder.
- Find the No. and Wt. of the twelve-pounder.
- Log your find
- Send an e-mail
with the No. and Wt. you found. (Smileys with incorrect e-mails
will be deleted)
-OR-
- Find and visit the twelve-pounder
- Take a picture of yourself and GPSr with the
twelve-pounder
- Log your find
- Post your picture with your log
