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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVM5_linwood-cemetery_Columbus-GA.html
A part of the 1828 plan of Columbus, Linwood contains graves of pioneer citizens and their descendents, as well as the tombs of some 200 Confederate soldiers. Among those buried here are Anna Caroline Benning (1853-1935), who formed the "Columbus …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVM2_empire-mills_Columbus-GA.html
G. W. Woodruff began grist operations in 1861 on this site previously occupied in 1847 by E.T. Taylor Cotton Gin Company and in 1841 by William Waters Garrard's cotton warehouse. Empire Mills ran night and day during the Civil War and was spared i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUXP_confederate-dead_Columbus-GA.html
More than 200 soldiers from every Confederate state are buried in two separate plots in Linwood Cemetery. Many of these men died in the several Confederate hospitals located in Columbus, 1862-1865. Numbers fell in the battle here, Easter Sunday, A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMURH_confederate-hospitals_Columbus-GA.html
In February 1864, to relieve the serious overcrowding of Confederate hospitals in the Atlanta and Dalton areas, Columbus was chosen as the site of a 1,500 bed army hospital. Eight buildings on Broad Street, including two saloons and the Court Hous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUQG_st-james-ame-church_Columbus-GA.html
St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1863. The present church is built on land granted by act of the Georgia Legislature in 1873. It was erected in 1876 under the pastorate of Rev. Wesley J. Gaines, at a cost of $20,000. R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUQC_sixth-avenue-passenger-station_Columbus-GA.html
The Central of Georgia Railroad's Station, designed by Bruce and Morgan of Atlanta, GA, was erected in 1901. Featuring massive granite arches, it served as the transportation hub of the city for over 70 years. Threatened with demolition in 1984 th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUOB_saint-john-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Columbus-GA.html
This one-story Victorian Gothic structure dates back to 1870. The cornerstone of the church indicates that the building was constructed in 1870 with the basement added in 1890. This suggests that the original wooden church was raised, a basement a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUKS_philip-trammell-shutze_Columbus-GA.html
A Columbus Native whose birthplace stood close to this site, Shutze became one of the most prominent American architects of the twentieth century. After graduating from the Georgia Institute of Technology and from Columbia University with degrees …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUIS_colored-department-of-the-city-hospital-doctors-and-nurses_Columbus-GA.html
Colored Department of the City HospitalThe first City Hospital, c. 1841, was located on the South Commons. Called "the Pest House," its clients were charity patients. The second City Hospital, c. 1894, was built across from Linwood Cemetery. Archi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTWJ_garrett-and-sons-cargill-wright-company_Columbus-GA.html
Garrett and Sons:Joseph Simpson Garrett, a whiskey, tobacco, and groceries merchant, constructed this building in 1883 for his business, Garrett and Sons. This wholesale business was regarded as the first of its kind in Columbus. Garrett served as…
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