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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25E5_wynnton-community_Columbus-GA.html
The area of central Columbus known as Wynnton was actually one of the city's first suburbs.Located just two miles east of downtown, the community sprang up after several country estates were built by wealthy citizens in the area along the route of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25E0_the-first-breech-loading-cannon_Columbus-GA.html
Made by Confederate States Naval Iron Works Columbus, Ga. - 1863Cannon was made from wheel shaft of river steamer John C. Calhoun. Designed by Capt. Wm. J. McAlister steam boat capt. and civil engr. Machine work by Freeman C. Stewart. Trunnion was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25DY_the-columbus-museum_Columbus-GA.html
The Columbus Museum traces its history back to the efforts in the 1920s of several local citizens and civic groups to raise awareness of the need for a museum in the city. Formal efforts at establishing the Museum got underway in 1940, culminating…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM142B_wynnton-school-library_Columbus-GA.html
Erected in 1843 as Wynnton Academy, the present
WYNNTON SCHOOL LIBRARY
is the oldest such building in continuous use as a school facility in the State of Georgia. This historic site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSWT_carson-mccullers_Columbus-GA.html
The family of author Carson McCullers moved to this house in 1927. Here Lula Carson Smith spent her formative years 10-17 and here she began to write, putting on shows in the two sitting rooms, using the sliding doors as curtains and drafting brot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSJ7_he-helped-bring-and-keep-fort-benning_Columbus-GA.html
Mallory Reynolds Flournoy (Oct. 21, 1882 - Apr. 26, 1920), leader in establishing Fort Benning and the Infantry School on the 182,000 acre military reservation south of Columbus, lived here. The son of John F. Flournoy, outstanding citizen and dev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSEW_wildwood_Columbus-GA.html
Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, author of St. Elmo and other popular Victorian novels, was born May 8, 1835, in "Wildwood" the early Georgian home northeast of this marker. She was the daughter of Sarah Howard and Matthew R. Evans. This historic home w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFBX_1918-diamond-jubilee-1993-camp-benning-fort-benning_Columbus-GA.html
Side 1:In October 1918, the Infantry School of Arms was established on 80 acres of land near here. Camp Benning, later Fort Benning, was named in honor of Confederate Infantry General Lewis Benning, a Columbus resident. The camp's first commander …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEX1_the-cedars_Columbus-GA.html
In 1836, John Banks and his wife, the former Sarah Watkins, both natives of Elbert Co., Ga., moved to Columbus, bought this property (then totaling 265 acres) in the fashionable suburb of Wynnton and began construction of this Greek Revival house.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEV6_haslam-memorial-seat_Dublin-Dublin.html
In 1925 a finely sculptured garden seat of Kilkenny limestone was placed in the park and inscribed on the back - "Anna Marie, 1829 - 1922 and Thomas Haslam, 1825 - 1917. This seat is erected in commemoration [sic - ?honour'] of their long years of…