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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTV9_high-uptown-historic-district-garrett-bullock-delay-house_Columbus-GA.html
High Uptown Historic District This area, known as "High Uptown," contains historic residential structures that were built by affluent business and community leaders of the 19th and early 20th centuries. These homes are prototypes of architectural …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTU8_bullard-hart-sampson-house_Columbus-GA.html
Built 1887 by Dr. William L. Bullard, Columbus physician and pioneer ear, eye, nose and throat specialist, this house is a splendid example of Second Empire Victorian architecture. It was designed by L.E. Thornton of New York.The Bullard family li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTSS_the-rankin-house_Columbus-GA.html
Side 1:James A. Rankin came to Columbus from Ayrshire, Scotland and in 1839 married Agnes Affleck. Mr. Rankin was a planter and owner of the Rankin Hotel and Rankin Realty Co. This high style Italianate mansion was built between 1860 and 1870. Law…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTSJ_trinity-episcopal-church_Columbus-GA.html
Side 1:The cornerstone of Trinity Episcopal Church was laid in 1890. The present church replaced the congregation's first building, which stood across the street at 1140 First Avenue. Since its foundation in 1834, Trinity has held regular worship …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTSI_first-baptist-church_Columbus-GA.html
On February 14, 1829, twelve persons met and organized under the name Ephesus Baptist Church of Columbus. The northern half of this block had been designated for religious purposes in the state survey of 1828, and a small meeting house was built f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTK3_first-african-baptist-church_Columbus-GA.html
The initial congregation of this church was formed by slaves who had attended Ephesus Baptist Church (later First Baptist), since its organization on February 14, 1829. When a new church was built in 1840 the slaves worshipped in the older buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTK2_the-spencer-house_Columbus-GA.html
William Henry Spencer, Negro Educator, lived in this Neo-classical home from 1912-1925, during the time he was Supervisor of the Colored Schools in Muscogee County. This house is dedicated to his memory by his daughters, and was placed on the Nati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTI7_the-columbus-guards_Columbus-GA.html
Site, of the last armory of the Columbus Guards, a noted military company chartered by the Georgia Legislature in 1843 and organized in 1835. They served voluntarily in the Indian War, 1836; the War with Mexico, 1846; the War Between the States, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTI0_first-presbyterian-church_Columbus-GA.html
(Side 1):The Presbyterians were granted one of the original church lots in the 1828 Columbus plan. It was on the North side of Chapel St. between Second and Third Avenues. The fourteen charter members, received in 1830, were: Edward Featherston, W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTHX_philip-thomas-schley_Columbus-GA.html
This house was built circa 1840 on the present site of First Presbyterian Church, by Philip Thomas Schley. Capt. Schley came to Columbus in 1834 at the request of his brother, Georgia Gov. William Schley, to command the Muscogee Blues, a militia c…