Year Erected: 1955

Marker Text: Nicholas Ware was born in Virginia in 1777. Ware was the son of Revolutionary War veteran Captain Robert Ware and moved to Augusta with his family as a child. He served as Mayor of Augusta from 1819-1821, later serving several times in the state legislature, and was US Senator from Georgia from 1821 until his death in 1824. Ware County, Georgia, was named for him. This house was built by Ware as his home in 1818 and was known as “Ware’s Folly.” It is believed that it was designed or inspired by Gabriel Manigault, the noted Charleston architect. It is now owned by the Gertrude Herbert Memorial Institute of Art.

Re-erected in 2021 by the Georgia Historical Society