HISTORIC MARKERS OF MUSCOGEE COUNTY
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1918 Diamond Jubilee 1993 Camp Benning/For(Side 1)HCC Macon and Dixon Roads, Columbus (at site of Hilton)
1918 Diamond Jubilee 1993 Camp Benning/For(Side 2)HCC Macon and Dixon Roads, Columbus (at site of Hilton)
700 Broadway HCC 700 Broadway, Columbus
Birthplace of Robert Winship Woodruff HCF 1414 Second Avenue, Columbus
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“Blind Tom” GHM 106-12 Grey Rock and Warm Springs Rds near Harris County line
Blue Star Memorial Highway GCG Welcome Center, US 27, Columbus
Bullard-Hart-Sampson House HCC 1408 Third Avenue, Columbus
Camp Conrad GHM 106-16 Second Avenue at 32nd Street, Columbus
Cargill-Wright Company (Side 1) HCC 11 9th St., Columbus
Carson McCullers 1917-1967 1519 Stark Avenue, Columbus
Church of the Holy Family HCC 12th St at Veterans Drive, Columbus
City Mills GHM 106-24 First Ave at 18th St, Columbus
City of Columbus GHM 106-3 Broadway between 11th and 12th Streets, Columbus
Col. W. L. Salisbury GHM 106-26 In parkway opposite 711 (?) Broadway, Columbus
Colombian Lodge No. 7 Free & Accepted Masons GLG 2nd Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets, Columbus
Columbus Iron Works GHM 106-13 Wall of the Columbus Convention Center, 801 Front Ave, Colum
Columbus Steamboat Wharf GHM 106-23 Front St at 9th, Columbus
“Columbus Stockade Blues” HCC Tenth Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, Columbus
Columbus’ First Jewish Cemetery HCC Linwood Cemetery, Columbus
Columbus’ First Theater (Side 1) HCC 828 Broadway, Columbus
Confederate Dead GHM 106-27 Linwood Cemetery main gate, Linwood Blvd & 7th Ave, Columbus
Confederate Hospitals GHM 106-28 Tenth Street on courthouse lawn, Columbus
Confederate Memorial Day GHM 106-15 2nd Ave at 11th St, Columbus
Confederate Naval Museum GHM 106-30 At Naval Museum on Veterans Parkway, Columbus
Dr. Pemberton’s Country Home HCC 712 Broadway, Columbus
Dr. Thomas A. Brewer HCC 1000 block of 1st Avenue, Columbus
Eagle & Phenix Mills GHM 106-18 Front Ave between 12th and 13th Sts, Columbus
**Early Residences 9th Street facing Broadway, Columbus
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Early Theaters (Side 2) HCC 828 Broadway, Columbus
Empire Mills 800 Front Avenue, Columbus
First African Baptist Church HCC 901 Fifth Avenue, Columbus
First Baptist Church HCC 12th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, Columbus
First Black Public School HCC 1200 block of 1st Avenue, Columbus
First Presbyterian Church (Side 1) HCC 1st Avenue and 11th Street, Columbus
First Presbyterian Church (Side 2) HCC 1st Avenue and 11th Street, Columbus
Fourth Street Baptist Church HCC 5th Street at Third Avenue, Columbus
Friendship Baptist Church HCC 6th Ave between 8th and 9th Sts, Columbus
Garrett and Sons (Side 2) 11 9th St., Columbus
Garrett-Bullock-Delay House (Side 1) HCC 3rd Ave at 14th St, Columbus
General Benning GHM 106-8 Broadway between 14th and 15th Streets, Columbus
George Foster Peabody GHM 106-14 2nd Avenue at 15th Street, Columbus
George Parker Swift HCC Broadway at 14th Street, Columbus
Haiman’s Sword Factory GHM 106-17 1st Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets, Columbus
He Helped Bring and Keep Fort Benning GHM 106-25 Wildwood Ave near 16th St, Columbus
Hero’s Memorial GHM 106-6 10th St off Victory drive on east side of cemetery, Columbus
High Uptown Historic District (Side 2) HCC 3rd Ave at 14th St, Columbus
John McIlhenny Home HCC 524 Broadway, Columbus
Ladies Defender GHM 106-20 Courthouse in Columbus
Last Land Battle in War of 1861-1865 GHM 106-1 Veterans Parkway at 14th Street, Columbus
Leonard Spring Columbus’ Original Source of Water HCC Opposite 2001 Country Club Road, Columbus (E of Cherokee Ave
Linwood Cemetery (Side 1) HCC At Linwood Cemetery on Linwood Blvd, Columbus
Linwood Cemetery (Side 2) HCC At Linwood Cemetery on Linwood Blvd, Columbus
Lummus Cotton Gins 9th Street at the Hilton Hotel, Columbus
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“Ma” Rainey Home HCC 5th Avenue just above 8th Street, Columbus
Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883) GHM 106-7 13th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, Columbus
Mildred L. Terry Branch Library GHS
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar GHM 106-10 Broadway at 11th Street, Columbus
Ninth Stree Branch YMCA (Side 1) HCC 903 6th Ave., Columbus
Ninth Stree Branch YMCA (Side 2) HCC 903 6th Ave., Columbus
Oglethorpe House GHM 106-4 12th St at 1st Ave, Columbus
Oglethorpe Meets the Indians at Coweta GHM 106-29 At Naval Museum, Veterans Parkway, Columbus
Philip Thomas Schley HCC Third Avenue at 15th Street, Columbus
Philip Trammell Shutze 1890-1982 HCC Veterans Parkway between 11th and 12th Sts (at Ga Power)
Radcliff School HCC 526 Radcliff, Columbus
Red Jacket GHM 106-22 Courthouse in Columbus
Richard Christmas c.1763-1848 HCC Private cemetery on Freedom Trail off County Line Road
Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church HCC 1516 Fifth Ave, Columbus
Samuel Cooper 1754-1841 Soldier-American RevolutioHCC At Cooper grave, NE corner of Miller and Warm Springs Roads
Secondary Industrial School (Side 1) HCC 1112 29th St., Columbus
Secondary Industrial School (Side 2) HCC 1112 29th St., Columbus
Sixth Avenue Passenger Station HCC Sixth Ave between 12th and 13th Sts, Columbus
Springer Opera House GHM 106-31 103 10th St, Columbus
St. Elmo GHM 106-9 18th Ave south of St. Elmo Drive, Columbus
St. James AME Church HCC 6th Ave between 10th and 11th Streets, Columbus
Textile and Banking Pioneer GHM 106-21 Hamilton Rd near 47th St, Columbus
The Cedars HCC 2039 13th Street, Columbus
The Columbus Guards GHM 106-16 1st Avenue opposite the Court House, Columbus
“The Folly” HCC 527 First Avenue, Columbus
The Joseph House Circa 1842 HCF 828 Broadway, Columbus
The Ledger-Enquirer Newspapers HCC 12th Street near Front Street, Columbus
The Pemberton House HCF 11 7th Street, Columbus
The Rankin House HCC 1440 Second Ave., Columbus
The Spencer House HCF Veterans Parkway and 8th Street, Columbus
“Torch Hill” GHM 106-2 Victory Drive at Ft Benning Road, 2 mi S of Columbus
Trinity Episcopal Church (Side 1) HCC 1100 block of 1st Avenue, Columbus
Trinity Episcopal Church (Side 2) HCC 1100 block of 1st Avenue, Columbus
Walker-Peters-Langdon House HCC 716 Broadway, Columbus
“Wildwood” GHM 106-5 Wildwood Avenue at Garrard Street, Columbus
William Bartram Trail Traced 1773-1777 GCG Broadway at (under overpass) Veterans Parkway, Columbus
William H. Spencer High School HCC 800 Tenth Avenue, Columbus
Woodruff Farm House and Log Cabin HCC 708 Broadway, Columbus
Wynnton School Library At the school, 2303 Wynnton Road, Columbus
Wynnwood 1846 Buena Vista Road, Columbus Missing or Removed Markers xCoweta Town Treaty WPA Park at rear of Ball Park in Columbus xGeorge Parker Swift I GHM 106-11 Broadway at 14th Street, Columbus (lost and replaced with HCC marker with same title) xOld Federal Wire Road CDA On or near Victory Drive (Apparently removed)
xOriginator of Coca-Cola GHM 106-19 708 Broadway (moved from 50th St with house), Columbus
Key:
? – Unable to locate the marker at what is believed was its true location
x – Marker has been removed, or has been replaced by another marker (which is so indicated)
Abbreviations used:
GHM – Georgia Historical Marker [indicating an official state marker erected by the Georgia Historical Commission (1953-1971) or its successor, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (after 1971)
GHS – Georgia Historical Society
HCC – Historic Chattahoochee Commission
WPA – U.S. Works Progress Administration
ACH – Atlantic Coastal Highway Commission
GCG – Garden Clubs of Georgia
GSCD – Georgia Society of Colonial Dames
DAR – Daughters of the American Revolution
UDC – United Daughters of the Confederacy