Cannonball House

We enjoy civil war history and olé time ways of life. Our tour guide took us thru each room of the house explaining the history of the house and the happenings of the time when the house was hit by a «cannon ball.» It was really more of a large bullet like mortar.
The house is in mourning– all of the mirrors are covered by black cloth. There’s even a casket in one of the parlor rooms. The tour guide says they do something different each month to highlight different traditions that were kept back in the day.
The highlight of the tour for us was entering the servant’s house and kitchen. Just as we walked in the room, we heard a squeaky toy sound. When I asked what that noise was — thinking it was a dog playing with a squeaky toy, she kinda hestitated and said we call him Matt. I thought, maybe that it was her grandson that she was watching during the summer. No. It’s the little child that they hear playing sometimes. The ghost child they hear playing sometimes!
Wow! Thanks for a terriffic tour! We’ll be back to investigate more of Macon history

We toured this house while in Macon. We had a very informative guide who spent a lot of time with us and answered a lot of on and off topic questions. The whole staff was very enthusiastic. While not as ornate as the Hay House down the street we learned a lot here. We enjoyed this tour.