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Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art

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This Federal-style house was built in 1818 for Augusta mayor Nicholas Ware at the cost of $40,000 -- a tidy sum back then. It now serves as an art institute, a center not only for art classes, but for changing exhibitions open to the public.