This historic home was built in 1831 by Mr. Evans for his mother-in-law, Jane Vivian Howard. In 1837 it was sold to Van de Van Leonard II. Ownership descended to his daughter, Annie Foster Leonard, and from her to her children, the present (1953) owners.
For many years the springs here furnished water for the City of Columbus, flowing through hollow logs.
The last visit of this famed author to her birthplace was for the marriage of Annie Leonard to Louis Ford Garrard, May 20, 1868. Her productive literary career was spent in Mobile, Ala., where she wrote her first novel, INEZ, at the age of seventeen. On Dec. 2, 1868, she married Lorenzo Madison Wilson. She died in Mobile, May 9, 1909.
| HM Number | HMSEW |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission series |
| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 106-5 |
| Year Placed | 1953 |
| Placed By | Georgia Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 2:31am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 691419 N 3595802 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.48300000, -84.96286667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 28.98', W 84° 57.772' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 28' 58.80" N, 84° 57' 46.32" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 706 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2001-2099 Garrard St, Columbus GA 31906, US |
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