A National Historic Landmark, it was a home of Georgia Populist Party co-founder Thomas E. Watson (1856-1922).

Hickory Hill is located on a wooded 70-acre (28 ha) parcel of land, bounded on the north by Magnolia Drive, the east by North Lee Street, the south by Hickory Hill Drive, and the west by the Thomson city line.

A large Neoclassical Revival dentillated and pedimented portico projects from its front, supported by four two-story Ionic columns.

[1] Hickory Hill is one of three houses associated with Thomas E. Watson in Thomson, all three of which are now owned by the same foundation and operated as museum properties.

His birthplace, a crude log cabin, was moved from the plantation on which he was born to its present location at Tom Watson Way and Bethany Drive and restored.