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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = College Hill
| nrhp_type = nhl
| image = Historic American Buildings Survey Branan Sanders, Photographer March 1934 FRONT VIEW (NORTH) - Harper House, Wrightsboro Road, Augusta, Richmond County, GA HABS GA,123-AUG.V,1-1.tif
| caption = 1934 HABS photograph
| location = 2216 Wrightsboro Rd., [[Augusta, Georgia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|33.46678|N|82.01322|W|region:US-GA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA Georgia#USA
| area = {{convert|6|acre|ha}}
| built = 1795
| architect =
| architecture =
| designated_nrhp_type = November 11, 1971<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web| url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1089&ResourceType=Building| title=College Hill| accessdate=2008-04-27| work=National Historic Landmark summary listing| publisher=National Park Service| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131023206/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1089&ResourceType=Building| archive-date=2009-01-31| url-status=dead}}</ref>
| added = November 11, 1971<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
| refnum = 71000287
}}
'''College Hill''', also known as '''George Walton House''', '''Harper House''', or '''Walton-Harper House''', is a historic house at 2116 Wrightsboro Road in [[Augusta, Georgia]].  It was built in 1795, and was the home [[George Walton]], a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]], from then until his death in 1804.  It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1971.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv2">{{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: College Hill (George Walton House) (Harper House) / College Hill (Walton-Harper House)|url={{NHLS url|id=71000287}} |format=pdf|date=May 21, 1971 |author=Charles W. Snell |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=71000287|title=''Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1971''|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(32&nbsp;KB)}}</ref>  It is a private residence, and is not open to the public.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/>
==Description and history==
The Walton House is located on the south side of Wrightsboro Road, about {{convert|2|mi|km}} west of downtown Augusta.  It is set on a secluded {{convert|6|acre|ha|adj=on}} estate, all that is left of the {{convert|100|acre|ha}} it was originally associated with.  It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboard siding, and a pair of brick chimneys near the ends.  The main facade, seven bays wide, is adorned with a two-story veranda, the sections each consisting of a segmented arch supported by slender square columns.  Entrances at each level are located at the center, with flanking sidelight windows and pilasters, and fanlight windows above.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/>
In 1787, the state of Georgia granted George Walton 100 acres outside Augusta for his services to the state.  Walton had "College Hill" built on this land in 1795, moving there from [[Meadow Garden (Augusta, Georgia)|Meadow Garden]].  The house has been in the hands of his descendants (named Harper) since then.  Walton served the state in a variety of important capacities: trained as a lawyer, he served in the [[Continental Congress]] (1776–81) and in the Georgia militia, in whose service he was captured by the British during the 1778 [[Capture of Savannah]].  Exchanged and released, he was soon afterward elected [[Governor of Georgia (U.S. state)|Governor of Georgia]], an office he held from November 1779 to January 1780.  He also served as the state's Chief Justice, and in a second term as Governor 1789–80.  He died at College Hill in 1804.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/>
==See also==
*[[List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Richmond County, Georgia]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|College Hill (Augusta, Georgia)}}
*{{HABS |survey=GA-14-69 |id=ga0320 |title=Harper House, Wrightsboro Road, Augusta vicinity, Richmond County, GA |photos=4 |dwgs=12 |data=3 |supp=yes}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Richmond County, Georgia}}
[[Category:National Historic Landmarks in Augusta, Georgia]]
[[Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Houses in Augusta, Georgia]]
[[Category:Houses completed in 1795]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Augusta, Georgia]]