Archibald Smith Plantation Home

The Archibald Smith Plantation Home is a Georgian-style manor house in Roswell with several outbuildings on the property. The complex includes a main residence, a guest house, worker quarters, a cookhouse, a carriage house, a barn, and a spring house.

The house was founded in 1845 by Archibald Smith, one of Roswell's founders. The structure underwent major restoration work in 1940 and has since served the public as a museum.

The home displays how prosperous families lived during Roswell's early settlement period and how they organized their households. Visitors can see which rooms served specific purposes and understand the daily rhythms of family life in that era.

The site is accessible by foot and offers guided tours on various weekdays. The guides lead visitors through the rooms and explain how the family and household workers lived and worked here.

The Smith family occupied the property across three generations before the city acquired it in 1986 for public use. This extended family history gives the place a personal quality that many museum buildings rarely convey.

Opening Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-15:00; Sunday 13:00-15:00; Holidays off

Phone: +17706413978

Website: https://roswellgov.com/discover-us/historic-house-museums/smith-plantation

GPS coordinates: 34.02402,-84.35972

Latest update: December 12, 2025 07:54