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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHZG_william-schley-1786-1858_Augusta-GA.html
Masonic Emblem In this family cemetery rest the remains of William Schley, Governor and Grand Master of Georgia. Brother Schley was born in Frederick, Maryland December 10, 1786 and acquired his education in the academies at Louisville and August…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFII_medical-college-building_Augusta-GA.html
On this property, owned by the Trustees of Richmond Academy, this building was designed by the distinguished Georgia architect, Charles B. Cluskey, for the use by the Medical College of Georgia. It was occupied by the Medical College from its comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFE6_white-housetract_Augusta-GA.html
The 500-acres parcel of land long known as the "White House Tract" witnessed many of Augusta's most significant historical events. On this tract an Indian trading company known as MacKay's Trading Post, or the White House, flourished. Around this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF9K_st-james-united-methodist-church_Augusta-GA.html
In 1798 the Methodist Church was incorporated in Augusta and known as the "Augusta Station." St. John Methodist Episcopal Church was the mother church formed out of this movement and St. James Methodist Episcopal Church was created in 1854 as an o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME76_georgias-first-school-of-medicine_Augusta-GA.html
The property on which the Widows Home is located was the site of Augusta's first City Hospital. Constructed in 1818, the hospital provided for the "sick poor" of Augusta and later evolved into the present University Hospital. At City Hospital, Geo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME4N_the-haunted-pillar-of-the-lower-market_Augusta-GA.html
On this site stood The Lower Market. Fire destroyed an early structure in 1829. The rebuilt market, with its bell that could be heard throughout the city, was a center of agricultural and livestock trade. A freakish, cyclone blasted the structure …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1M_bobby-jones-and-the-beginning-of-the-grand-slam_Augusta-GA.html
On the golf links of the Forrest Hills-Ricker Hotel, Bobby Jones won the Southeastern Open of 1930. He went on to victory that year in the British Amateur, British Open, U.S. Open, and U.S. Amateur — golf's Grand Slam and a feat yet to be re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9YG_stoney-nurses-home_Augusta-GA.html
This building, named for Dr. George N. Stoney, a prominent local black physician, opened in 1909 to house students of Lamar School of Nursing. Theschool, founded in 1897 by Lucy Craft Laney and Dr. William H. Doughty, was one of the first nursing …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9YC_spirit-creek-baptist-church_Augusta-GA.html
In July 1800, this church was organized in a canebrake on Spirit Creek by slaves on the Twiggs plantation. The Reverend J.W. Sutton served as the first pastor. In July 1868, the church purchased 14 and 1/2 acres here on Butler Creek and moved to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9RG_augusta-state-university_Augusta-GA.html
Augusta State University traces its roots to 1783 when its parent institution, the Academy of Richmond County, was chartered. Offering college-level classes to prepare students for admission into universities as sophomores or juniors, the Academy …