Brantley County
This County, created by Act of the Legislature Aug. 14, 1920, is named for Benjamin D. Brantley. It is said that the old B. & W. Railroad, which was partly destroyed, marked the most...
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In memory of Perry L. Johnson
July 21, 1908 - October 8, 1986 In memory of Perry L. Johnson, of Bleckley County, Georgia, who at age 36 while serving as a Corporal in the United States Army during WW II, single handedly...
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Uchee Path
This highway coincides closely with a segment of a noted east-west Indian route called the Lower Uchee Path. Beginning at Old Town on the Ogeechee, the trail led this way by Carr´s Shoals, on...
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Evergreen Baptist Church
Evergreen Baptist Church, built in 1844, was split off from old Mt. Horeb Baptist Church, constituted October 5, 1809, which stood at or near the site of the Centenary Methodist Church. On...
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Longstreet Methodist Church
Longstreet Methodist Church was organized around 1812 and the original building is still in use. Land for the church was given by Charles Walker, one of the five sons of George...
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Bleckley County
This County, created by an act of the Georgia Legislature July 30, 1912, is named for Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley, of the Georgia Supreme Court, one of the greatest jurists in the history of...
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Whittle School Building
Whittle School Building, Bibb County´s oldest remaining elementary school, was constructed in 1892 by the Macon Free School Board. Designed by local architect Alexander Blair, Whittle School was...
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St. Peter Claver Catholic Church and School
This African-American parish began in 1888 and was named St. Peter Claver in 1903, in honor of the Patron Saint of Negro Missions. The current school, convent, and rectory were built here...
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Fort Hawkins
Fort Hawkins was established at this site in 1806 on the eastern bank of the Ocmulgee River at the border of the Muskogee Creek Nation. The location was chosen by the fort´s namesake,...
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church
The history of Roman Catholicism in Macon dates to a visit in 1829 by Bishop John England of the Diocese of Charleston and the subsequent migration of Irish Catholic families in the 1830s. In...
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Ballard-Hudson Senior High School
Ballard-Hudson Senior High School was built in 1949 as the only high school in Macon for African Americans in grades nine through twelve. The school represents the merger of two schools: Ballard...
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Central City/Georgia Baptist College
Founded in October 1899 by the Reverend E.K. Love under the auspices of the Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, Central City College served as a co-educational institution of learning...
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The First Baptist Church of Christ at Macon
This church was founded in 1826 as the city´s first Baptist congregation. It was first located at the site of the present Bibb County Courthouse. The fourth and final move, to this site,...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
Blue Star Memorial A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY Porterfield Garden Club IN COOPERATION WITH The Federate Garden Club of Macon, Inc....
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
Blue Star Memorial A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. IN COOPERATION WITH Meadowbrook Garden Club of...
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M.W. Grand Lodge of Georgia, Free and Accepted Mas
The first Masonic meeting in Georgia was held in 1734 at the town of Sunbury in what is now Liberty County with Gernal James Edward Oglethorpe serving s Worshipful Master. This was just seventeen...
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In Memory of Max Meyerhardt
In Memory Of Max Meyerhardt October 18, 1855 - March 2, 1923 Founder of the Masonic Home of Georgia Worshipful Master of Cherokee Lodge No. 66, F. & A. M., Rome, 1885-1923; Worshipful Master of...
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In Memory of J. Wilson Parker
In Memory of J. Wilson Parker June 26, 1895- July 27, 1966 Grand Master 1940 Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Masonic Home of Georgia, 1946- 1966 Raised in Fairburn Lodge No. 180, F. & A....
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Freemasonry in Macon
Freemasonry came to Macon in 1824 when the city was in its infancy. Macon lodge no. 5, F. & A. M., was organized in 1824 and chartered by the grand lodge of Georgia in 1825. Historians have...
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Ballard-Hudson Senior High School 1070 Anthony Rd
Ballard-Hudson Senior High School 1070 Anthony Rd. 1949-1970 This marker represents the establishment of a comprehensive high school for black people in Macon-Bibb County. The name is a merger of...
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