{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Robert Toombs House | nrhp_type = nhl | image = Robert Toombs Home-Washington, Georgia.jpg | caption = | location = 216 E. Robert Toombs Ave.,<br/>[[Washington, Georgia]] | coordinates = {{coord|33.73616|N|82.73387|W|region:US-GA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = USA Georgia#USA | area = | built = 1797 | architect = | architecture = Greek Revival, Federal | designated_nrhp_type = November 7, 1973<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1221&ResourceType=Building|title=Robert Toombs House|access-date=2008-04-30|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131023226/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1221&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2009-01-31}}</ref> | added = April 11, 1972<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> | refnum = 72000410 }}
The '''Robert Toombs House State Historic Site''' is a historic property located at 216 East Robert Toombs Avenue in [[Washington, Georgia]]. It was the home of [[Robert Toombs]] (1810–85), a U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Georgia who originally opposed Southern secession but later became a Confederate Cabinet official and then a Confederate general during the [[American Civil War]]. Operated as a state historic site, the 19th-century period [[historic house museum]] features exhibits about the life of Toombs. The house was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1973.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv2">{{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Robert Toombs House|url={{NHLS url|id=72000410}} |format=pdf|date=January 13, 1973 |author=Benjamin Levy |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=72000410|title=''Accompanying five photos, exterior, from 1970''|photos=y}} {{small|(32 KB)}}</ref>
==Description and history== The Robert Toombs House State Historic Site is located on the east side of Washington, on the south side of East Robert Toombs Avenue. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, fronted by a two-story colonnade of fluted Doric columns. Its main entrance is flanked by sidelight windows and topped by a transom. The interior of the house has been decorated to reflect its mid-19th century occupation by Robert Toombs, and includes his private library. The house was built sometime between 1794 and 1801 by Doctor Joel Abbott, and was acquired in 1837 by Toombs. Toombs is credited with a number of alterations, including the front colonnade and the west wing.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/>
Robert Toombs was one of the American South's prominent pre-Civil War orators. Although he supported the extension of slavery into the territories, he also opposed the breakup of the country, and was a major supporter of the [[Compromise of 1850]]. When the [[American Civil War]] began in 1861, he became the [[Confederate States of America]]'s Secretary of State, but resigned over differences with President [[Jefferson Davis]], and entered the [[Confederate Army]]. He fled the country at the end of the war, eventually returning to a successful law practice.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/>
<gallery> 18 03 001 toombs.jpg|Bedroom 18 03 021 toombs.jpg|Bedroom 18 03 064 toombs.jpg|Law Office / Library 18 03 075 toombs.jpg|Ladies Parlor 18 03 129 toombs.jpg|Dining Room 18 03 160 toombs.jpg|"Ophelia" Painting 18 03 097 toombs.jpg|Staircase Robert Toombs House, Washington, Georgia, US (4).jpg|Corner view </gallery>
==See also== {{commons category|Robert Toombs House State Historic Site}} *[[List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state)]] *[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilkes County, Georgia]]
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==External links== *{{Official website |http://georgiastateparks.org/RobertToombsHouse/}} *[http://www.getoutdoorsgeorgia.org/parks/index.asp?parkId=48 Get Outdoors Georgia - Robert Toombs House Historic Site] *{{HABS |survey=GA-13 |id=ga0287 |title=Robert Toombs House, Washington, Wilkes County, GA |photos=2 |data=3 |supp=yes}}
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