The Past in the Present

The T.R.R. Cobb House serves Athens and the surrounding region as a museum and resource center about Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, his family, and enslaved people; as well as aiding those interested in the history of the South during the 19th century. It is much more than merely a museum. It's a historic facility dedicated to historic conservation and conversation.

Lawyer, author, educator, politician, military leader, slave owner, defender and promoter of Southern Nationalism, Tom Cobb contributed much to the history of Athens, to Georgia, and to the South during a brief career in the mid-1800s.

"The Watson-Brown Foundation, through creativity, diligence and financial support, labors to improve education in the American South by funding its schools and students, preserving its history, encouraging responsible scholarship, and promoting the memory and values of our spiritual founders.