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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTCY_eagle-phenix-mills_Columbus-GA.html
In 1851 the Eagle Mill, one of the pioneer textile plants of Columbus, was built on this site to manufacture cotton and woolen goods. During the War the mill manufactured goods for the Confederacy and the State of Georgia. Products included grey u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTCX_columbus-iron-works_Columbus-GA.html
Established 1853, was operated by the Confederate government as Naval Iron Works, making cannon, other war munitions, and two gun boats. This plant was credited with making the first breech-loading cannon.
At south end of Dillingham Street bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTAS_church-of-the-holy-family_Columbus-GA.html
Front:This is the mother church of Roman Catholicism in this area, serving as the only Catholic Church in Columbus from 1880 to 1958. The first Catholic church, the Church of Sts. Philip and James, was built in 1835 on what is now Chapel Street on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSXP_st-elmo_Columbus-GA.html
"St. Elmo," one of the most exquisite examples of the classic houses of America, stands in view of this point. It was built on the old Stagecoach Road, by Colonel Seaborn Jones, for his wife, Mary Howard Jones. Completed in 1833, it was originally…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSX1_early-residences_Columbus-GA.html
On this block stood the residences of families who contributed to the early development of the city. These included the house built prior to 1840 by William Waters Garrard, planter, adjacent to his cotton warehouses at the north end of the block; …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSWZ_lummus-cotton-gins_Columbus-GA.html
On this site in 1847 stood the E.T. Taylor Cotton Gin Manufacturing Company. In 1854 it became the W.G. Clemons, Brown & Company and operated as such until the Civil War. In 1867 Franklin H. Lummus controlled the company and the name "Lummus" beca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSWO_martin-j-crawford_Columbus-GA.html
On the adjoining lot stood the large columned home of Martin Jenkins Crawford, Lawyer, Member of the General Assembly of Georgia, twice Judge of the Superior Court of the Chattahoochee Circuit, Member United States Congress, and of the provisional…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSWN_columbus-stockade-blues_Columbus-GA.html
"Way Down in Columbus, Georgia,Wanna be back in Tennessee,Way down in Columbus Stockade,Friends have turned their back on me."The "Columbus Stockade Blues" by Thomas Darby and Jimmie Tarlton, was written and recorded in 1927. Many famous artists h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSKI_ma-rainey-home_Columbus-GA.html
Gertrude Pridgett "Ma" Rainey, 1886-1939, famed "Mother of the Blues", lived in this house after 1935, during retirement in her native city. In 1904 she introduced "blues" as part of her traveling act. For 30 years her performances contributed to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSIJ_civil-war-womens-riot_Columbus-GA.html
On April 11, 1863, during the American Civil War, sixty-five Columbus women armed with knives and pistols rallied at this site and marched down Broad Street raiding the stores of speculators before police could restore order. During the war many p…