A gift shop on the first floor features many items for sale, including The First Hundred Years, an excellent reference book on area history. Profits from the sale of this and other items go to help in the continuing efforts to preserve the unique history of the Root House and to help the Society in general. Root's life was marred by personal tragedy, including the death of his son. After the failure of his business he was hired by St. James Church, where he worked until he died. The Root House is located on the corner of Polk Street and the 120 Loop.
Tours are unscripted, so each docent gives a different tour.
Chieftain's Musuem Home of Cherokee chief The Ridge in Rome, Georgia. Tate House Sam Tate's palace made out of extinct Etowah Pink Marble, now a bed and breakfast. Vann House James Vann was the wealthy, intemporate Cherokee who started them on the road to acculturation.