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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUD_black-patriots-monument_Washington-GA.html
Blacks, Native Americans, and Whites all fought for freedom for the American colonies. Their sacrifices will always be remembered.
The National Experience
Sources estimate that up to forty percent of the patriot militias may have been blacks o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RU3_original-site-of-almar-manufacturing-company_Washington-GA.html
1946
Original site of
Almar
Manufacturing Company
Located on the second
floor of this building.
The heavy machinery
& materials caused the
floor to collapse in 1949.
Almar became one of
the largest producers
of plastic raincoats
in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RU1_site-of-abraham-simons-store_Washington-GA.html
Site of
Abraham Simon's Store
1815
He was a Georgia state
legislator, merchant
and tavern keeper. His
widow married Jessie
Mercer and his fortune
was used to endow
Mercer University.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSU_jean-marie-chotard-laplace-home-site_Washington-GA.html
On this site was the
home place of French refugee
Jean Marie Chotard LaPlace
1797
The current building
was erected in 1896.
Queen Anne Style, as a
millinery shop for the
Dayman sisters.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RST_oldest-brick-store_Washington-GA.html
Oldest brick
store in
Wilkes County
1815
built by
Augustus H.
Gibson
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RPT_one-of-washingtons-oldest-houses_Washington-GA.html
Circa
1795
one of Washington;s
oldest houses built
here by
Benjamin Branham.
Now located two
blocks directly
south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RPS_duncan-g-cambells-first-law-office_Washington-GA.html
1807
Site of
Duncan G. Cambell's
First Law Office
Drafted the treaty that
removed the Cherokee
Indians from Georgia and
also introduced in the
Georgia Legislature that
first bill providing for
higher education for women.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RPN_medical-office_Washington-GA.html
An African American
who began his
practice in 1907 serving
Wilkes and surrounding
counties for 56 years.
Callie Kirkland Sessoms,
his wife & assistant,
managed the medical office
located 115 feet south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RPC_the-white-house_Washington-GA.html
One of Washington's
oldest taverns
The White House
was located here
Charles Bolton
purchased the tavern in
1820
from Thomas W. Sims
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ROB_site-of-w-t-fluker-gun-smith_Washington-GA.html
Site of W.T. Fluker Gun
Smith (1867-1877) and
Fluker & Brother Cotton
Gin Manufactory
1875-1895).
Also the location of
W.T. Johnson's first store.
A hardware store has
been located here
since 1884.