Historic Dugas Home

Built in the early 1790s by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dugas, French refugees from Santo Domingo, this home was the site of Mrs. Dugas's Boarding School for Select Young Ladies until 1810, attended by the daughters of many of Georgia's outstanding early settlers. It was also the birthplace of Louis Alexander Dugas (1806-98), who became one of the state's most distinguished physicians and surgeons. Educated at home, he studied medicine under Dr. John Dent, graduated from the University of Maryland, spent some time in Europe as a student, and then settled in Augusta, Georgia. He was a founder of the Medical College of Georgia, served for many years there as Professor of Surgery, was President of the Medical Society of Augusta and of the Medical Association of Georgia, and edited the Southern Medical and Surgical Journal from 1851 to 1858. During the War Between the States he served as Volunteer and Consulting Surgeon of Military Hospitals. In later years the home was occupied by Dr. Thomas Dunwoody, a distinguished Presbyterian minister and pastor of the Washington Presbyterian Church.

Washington, Georgia · United States