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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2369_columbus-granade_Washington-GA.html
Son of Adam Granade and Rebecca Ansley
Teacher, Farmer, Author, Cartographer, Surveyor, Legislator, Soldier, Poet
Co F 12th Ga Batt Light Artillery
Army of Northern Virginia 1862 - 1865
Wilkes County School Board
Wilkes County Surveyor
Cre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RX2_old-manse_Washington-GA.html
c. 1828
Two Houses Joined
1833-1843
"Old Manse"
Francis Goulding
Presbyterian minister
authoring children's books
and invented an unpatented
sewing machine.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RX0_1893-victorian_Washington-GA.html
Rough cut
lumber, all rooms
16' squar. 14; ceilings.
Heart pine floors,
second floor fire 1931.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RWS_k-a-wilheit-house_Washington-GA.html
A Greek Revival House
built 1920 by
Mayor of Washington
K.A. Wilheit
Cost $50,000
Purchased 1948
by Ira B. Brown
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RWM_sims-beggs-house_Washington-GA.html
William M. Sims, attorney and county commissioner, purchased this lot known as Robert Toombs Meadow from Kate Toombs Cooley for $200 and built this asymetrical Queen Anne style house. 1962 purchased by John and Helen Beggs.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RWH_oliver-s-dyson-house_Washington-GA.html
Early Classical Revival house with a full English basement unpainted for 100 years. Constructed of hand planed virgin pine.
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1934
Oliver S. Dyson, founder
Wilkes Telephone & Electric Co.
1893-1963
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUJ_site-of-1817-wilkes-county-courthouse_Washington-GA.html
Two - story brick
Federal - Style
Frederick Ball, Architect
Razed 1904
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUI_site-of-the-episcopal-church-of-the-mediator_Washington-GA.html
1879
Site of
the Episcopal Church
of the Mediator
The sanctuary, with a triptych
stained glass window, measured
26' x 72'. Choir & vestry rooms
adjoined. 1st service 16-17 March
1879. 1896 the entire block burned
to the ground.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUG_site-of-the-confederate-commissary-quartermasters-stores_Washington-GA.html
May 1, 1865
Site of the
Confederate Commissary
&
Quartermaster's Stores
which were plundered by disgruntled
Texas Confederate Soldiers
just before the last meeting of the
Confederate cabinet here
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…