Roswell’s Trilogy Trolley Crawl 2010

This Saturday, August 21st is the 2nd annual Trilogy Trolley Crawl in Historic Roswell.  If you missed this event last year, it was extremely successful.  This event offers a limited number of tickets and last years event was sold out.  The ticket price of $40 covers admission into all three of Roswell’s famed historic homes; Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall and Smith Plantation.  Ticket price also includes one drink ticket and three mini-sampler plate food tickets.  Six trolleys will transport guests from home to home.  Parking is available at each site with extra parking at the First Baptist Church on Mimosa.  The event will run from 7-11:30 p.m.

Celebrate This Years Mother’s Day in Historic Roswell

Mother’s Day is a day for each family to honor its mother.  Created at the start of the 20th century, it is now celebrated on various days in many places around the world.  Make this years Mother’s Day special for your mom.  Take her to The Southern Trilogy’s Mothers Feeding Others Mothers Day Open House this Sunday May 9th from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.  Tour Historic Roswell’s Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall and Smith Plantation.  Admission is free but food donations will be accepted at each house for the North Fulton Food Bank.

Party Like It’s 1899!

If you’re looking for something different to do this weekend, join A Southern Trilogy in Roswell for the first annual “Trilogy Trolley Crawl” taking place tomorrow on Saturday, August 22 from 7 p.m.-11:30 p.m.  The event will take place on the grounds of three of Roswell’s historic homes – Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall and Smith Plantation.  Trolleys will transport guests between the sites. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door and include three drink tickets and three sampler plate tickets.  Advanced tickets can be purchased at the Chandlery and the Roswell Visitors Center.  Parking is available at each site. 

Happy December Roswell!

With all the rushing and stress that accompanies this time of year, I thought it only fitting to provide a list of upcoming events to get you in the holiday spirit and maybe relieve some of that holiday tension.

Enjoy!

December 1 – 24
The Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol is being presented at the Kudzu Playhouse.  Kudzu Playhouse is located at 608 Holcomb Bridge Road.  For more information, visit www.KudzuPlayhouse.org or call 770-594-1020.

December 1 – 30
A Dollhouse Christmas at Barrington Hall features large-scale dollhouses and re-created room boxes are the inspiration for this beautiful tradition. $8 for adults and $6 for children ages 6-12.  For more information, call 770-640-3855.

Experience Historic Roswell’s Bulloch Hall

Bulloch Hall was completed in 1839 for Major James Stephens Bulloch, one of Roswell’s first settlers and the grandson of Georgia’s revolutionary Governor, Archibald Bulloch.  Major Bulloch’s second daughter Mittie grew up in this home fell in love with a Northerner and got married here.  In December 1853, Mittie married Theodore Roosevelt in the dining room of Bulloch Hall.  Little did those in attendance realize they were witnessing a union that would produce a U.S. President, Teddy Roosevelt.  After their December 22nd wedding, Mittie and Theodore moved to New York City where they raised their four children; Anna, Elliott, Theodore, and Corrine. Theodore carried on the tradition of his ancestors with a life dedicated to public service. He became the youngest President of the United States after the death of President William McKinley in 1901. He served as our 26th President from 1901 – 1908.
 
Another of Mittie and Theodore’s children, Elliott, was the father of Eleanor Roosevelt who married Franklin, her fifth cousin, the 32nd President of the United States.

Historic Roswell Ghost Tour

My friend and I decided to get into the spirit of Halloween and thought it would be a good idea to go full steam ahead and participate in an actual Ghost Tour.  What better place to do this than Historic Roswell with all it’s rich history and graveyards dating back to the 1800’s!

We registered with Roswell Ghost Tours for our 2 hour walking adventure.  Stops included Bulloch Hall, Mimosa Hall, The Bricks, Founder’s Cemetery and the gazebo in the square.   Our guide told us ghost stories at each of the sites.  Bulloch Hall, the former childhood home of Theodore Roosevelt’s mom, was our first stop.  There were many stories involving Bulloch, many of which ended with people’s unwillingness to go back into the house, including former docents.