After his father's death in 1953, Jimmy Carter left the U.S. Navy and returned to Plains to take over the family peanut business. The Carters and their three young sons moved into unit 9A of the Dura Apartments, one of six Federal Housing Projects built by the Americus Housing Authority in 1953 in Plains and the nearby towns of Leslie and Andersonville.
The chicken coop was an essential part of farm life, providing eggs and occasional meals for the Carter family. Young Jimmy was responsible for feeding the chickens and gathering eggs.
The Burial Site of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at Jimmy Carter National Historical Park is a place of reflection and remembrance, honoring the legacy of the 39th President of the United States and the former First Lady.
The Carter family maintained a vegetable garden to provide fresh food for their meals. Though primarily for the family, they often shared extra crops with neighbors.
Jimmy Carter Boyhood Home is where President Carter was raised from the age of four until he went to college at age seventeen. The Carter family owned this house until 1949, when Earl Carter sold it. The National Park Service received the home in 1994, and after a multiyear restoration to its 1937 appearance, opened the home to visitation in November of 2000.
The Old Bank Building in Plains, Georgia. The Old Bank Building was built in 1901 and started off as a bank. In 1921 it closed and has served a number of uses: sandwich store where Jimmy Carter and his cousin sold hamburgers and ice cream, a post office, a worm farm office, and is once again a sandwich store.
Plains Depot-1976 Presidential Campaign Headquarters is the location of Jimmy Carter's 1976 Presidential Campaign. Now a self-guided museum of all of Jimmy Carter's campaigns for public office.
Plains High School was constructed in 1921 at a cost of $50,000.00. Student attended grades one through eleven in the building, there being no twelfth grade until 1952. Both Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter graduated from Plains High School, Jimmy Carter in 1941 and Rosalynn Carter in 1944. Jimmy Carter quoted Julia Coleman: teacher, principal, and superintendent of the school system, in his inaugural address as President of the United States.
Plains Historic Inn and Antiques Mall was constructed in 1901 as the Oliver-McDonald Store. Later it became a furniture store, a funeral home, and antique store, and an inn.
In the early 1900s, this was a two-story brick building erected by the Wise brothers for their first hospital in Plains. Plains Pharmacy was located on the ground floor of the building. Eventually, the hospital was relocated, and the second floor became a beauty shop owned and operated by Mrs. Anne Gay Dodson, as well as offices for Dr. Bowman Wise.
John Graham, a well-respected African American man, ran a thriving store from this location in the 1920s. His wife baked pies and all of the children in the area knew when they came out of the oven. Later this building served as a restaurant.
