Westville, the living history museum that has been a fixture in Lumpkin, Ga., for almost half a century, will move to Columbus if Columbus Council approves an agreement between the museum and the city.
The facility would be located on 35 acres off South Lumpkin Road just south of the Oxbow Meadows Environmental Center, according to city documents.
The agreement would convey 35 acres to Westville for the historic buildings and exhibits and parking. The land, the former site of the Orchard Grove Mobile Home Park, is just south of Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning Center. The agreement includes a reversionary clause that ensures that if the land is no longer used as the living museum, it would revert to the city.
The city would also lease about 11 acres to Westville for an RV park and camping area that will be sublet to a for-profit entity to operate. The lease would be for $1,200 a year for three years, to be renegotiated afterward. In addition to the lease fees, this tract would be returned to the city’s property tax roles because it would be operated by a for-profit entity.
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