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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM160R_specialist-ross-a-mcginnis_Columbus-GA.html
The Infantry HonorsSpecialist Ross A. McGinnis1st Battalion, 26th Infantry DivisionMedal of HonorOperation Iraqi Freedom14 June 2009Specialist Ross A. McGinnis distinguished himself by acts of gallantry, and intrepidity above and beyond the call o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM160P_confederate-siege-gun_Columbus-GA.html
1861-1865Mounted by Camp Benning, U.C.V.Aug. 1898
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM142B_wynnton-school-library_Columbus-GA.html
Erected in 1843 as Wynnton Academy, the present
WYNNTON SCHOOL LIBRARY
is the oldest such building in continuous use as a school facility in the State of Georgia. This historic site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13WM_william-h-spencer-high-school_Columbus-GA.html
On this site, on November 29, 1930, the first local high school for colored students opened. The school was the result of a grant from the Rosenwald Foundation and was named in honor of William Henry Spencer, Supervisor of the Colored Schools in M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13J9_alma-woodsey-thomas_Columbus-GA.html
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Alma Thomas, nationally known African-American artist, was the eldest of four daughters born to John Maurice Thomas and Amelia Whitaker Cantey. Highly cultured and socially involved, the Thomas family owned this Victorian home in the Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM138T_holsey-chapel-christian-methodist-episcopal-church_Columbus-GA.html
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In 1884, a group of black citizens banded together to organize a church. They appealed to the Commissioners of Columbus, Georgia, and obtained a lot on Eighth Street. The first church was completed in 1886 and called Everett Chapel afte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM138M_friendship-baptist-church_Columbus-GA.html
Founded in 1892 at 4th Avenue and 6th Street, the church moved to its permanent home here in January of 1897. The first minister was Rev. J. S. Kelsey, who served the church from 1897-1901. The present building was completed under his leadership. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM138B_fourth-street-baptist-church_Columbus-GA.html
In 1900 the Mt. Canaan Baptist Church was established under the leadership of the Reverends John Bellamy and Willis Carter when a few men and women met under a fig tree on Third Avenue to worship. In 1901 Rev. Bellamy separated from Mt. Canaan to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM137C_ninth-street-branch-ymca_Columbus-GA.html
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In 1901, George Foster Peabody and his brothers made an offer to the colored men and boys of Columbus to build a YMCA on the condition they raise $1,000, purchase a building lot and get membership of 300 men. On Sunday, April 28, 1901 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM132M_secondary-industrial-school_Columbus-GA.html
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Proposed in 1904 by Carleton B. Gibson, Columbus School Superintendent, the Secondary Industrial School is regarded as the nation's first public coeducational industrial high school. G. Gunby Jordan, then President of the School Board, …