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NEW HOURS! Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00am-5:00pm and Sunday:
2pm - 5pm / Closed Mondays
The museum, "Banksia" named after the Banksia Rose is actually two houses joined together on a 3.5 acre lot.
The older wooden section dates from 1860. The large brick section was built in 1931 as a winter home by a Northern horseman, Richard Howe of New York.
It was used in the 1950's as a boarding house during the Savannah
River Site constuction. Later, it was used as a college campus and as a library. The Victorian cottage has 32 rooms, 15 baths and a full size ballroom. The
grounds are being developed into an arboretum and nature trail.
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