Philip Thomas Schley
This house was built cira 1840 on the present site of First Presbyterian Church, by Philip Thomas Schley. Capt. Schley came to Columbus in 1834 at the request of his brother, Georgia Gov....
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Ninth Street Branch YMCA (Side 2)
The Ninth Street Branch YMCA was dedicated on Tuesday, October 8, 1907. The toastmaster for the evening was Dr. M.L. Taylor and the featured speaker was Dr. Booker T. Washington. Gertrude Pridgett...
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Ninth Street Branch YMCA (Side 1)
In 1901, George Foster Peabody and his brothers made an offer to the colored men and boys of Columbus to build a YMCA on the condition they raise $1,000, purchase a building lot and get membership...
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Mildred L. Terry Branch Library
The first public library for African Americans in segregated Columbus, the Colored/Fourth Avenue Library, opened on January 5, 1953. The existence of this facility resulted from covenants...
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Ma Rainey Home
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...
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Lummus Cotton Gins
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....
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Linwood Cemetery (Side 2)
(Continued from other side) Helen Augusta Howard (1865-1934), founder of the Georgia Woman Suffrage Association; Ulysses Lewis (1799-1856), city´s first intendant and kinsman of George...
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Linwood Cemetery (Side 1)
A part of the 1828 plan of Columbus, Linwood contains graves of pioneer citizens and their descendents, as well as the tombs of some 200 Confederate soldiers. Among those buried here are Anna...
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Liberty Hill Baptist Church
Organized in 1869 by slaves, the first church building was built on land donated by Mrs. Emma Jones and Mrs. Nora Felton. The church was called the Bush Arbor Church because the construction...
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Leonard Spring Columbus' Original Source of Water
In 1839 citizens first called for the development of a water works system. On this site is located the original source of water for drinking and general household use for Columbus. Beginning...
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John McIlhenny Home
John McIlhenny, Civil Engineer, City Council member, and Mayor of Columbus 1873-1874, lived in this house in the 1860´s. Mr. McIlhenny is recognized as the father of the Columbus public school...
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700 Broadway
Situated on a lot that was part of Edward Lloyd Thomas´ original 1828 plan for the city, this c. 1970 Victorian townhouse is the only one of its design in Columbus. Among the families...
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High Uptown Historic District (Side 1)
This area known as "High Uptown" contains historic residential structures that were built by affluent business and community leaders of the 19th and early 20th centuries. These homes are...
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George Parker Swift I
George Parker Swift, I, pioneer cotton manufacturer of Georgia, was born Sept. 1, 1815, in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He moved to Georgia in the early 1840´s and started the Tribune Mills at...
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Garrett-Bullock- Delay House (Side 2)
A fine example of Queen Anne style architecture, this High Victorian mansion was built in 1881 by Col. Joseph S. Garrett (C.S.A.)., Columbus merchant, postmaster, and planter. The house was sold...
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