The Sisters of Saint Joseph in Augusta
Members of the seventeenth-century French Order of Saint Joseph of Carondelet were first invited to Georgia at the end of the Civil War to teach and staff an orphanage in Savannah. Working with...
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Lucy Craft Laney
A leading educator of the nineteenth century, Lucy Craft Laney was born into a free African-American household in Macon, Georgia. In 1873 she was part of Atlanta University´s first graduating...
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Bobby Jones and the Beginning of the Grand Slam
On the golf links of the Forrest Hills-Ricker Hotel, Bobby Jones won the Southeastern Open of 1930. He went on to victory that year in the British Amateur, British Open, U.S. Open, and...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Nation`s Armed Forces who served in World War II Sponsored by the Garden Club of Georgia in cooperation with State Highway Department of Georgia. Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com....
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by the Garden Club of Georgia in cooperation with the Garden Arts Club Augusta, Georgia Plaque...
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Paine College Founding Site
Paine College was founded as Paine Institute on this spot in 1882 by black and white members of the colored (now Christian) Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Methodist Episcopal Church,...
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Great Indian Warrior/Trading Path
GREAT INDIAN WARRIOR/TRADING PATH (The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road) The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from the Great Lakes to Augusta,...
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Great Indian Trading Path
The Colonial Great Indian Trading Path crossed land now part of Augusta College and followed a part of the present McDowell Street. It was variously called Trading Road, Augusta Road, and the...
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Curtis Baptist Church
1876- 1996 Curtis Baptist Church Augusta, Georgia Organized January 7, 1876 Centenial Observance January 11, 1976 `Preaching Christ, the hope of all mankind` Plaque courtesy...
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Dedicated to the Veterans of 1898 - 1902
“You triumphed over obstacles which would have overcome men less brave and determined” President McKinley Dedicated to the Veterans of 1898 - 1902 By Department of Georgia National Auxiliary...
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Georgia R.R. and Banking Company
2,200 feet to the southwest at a place indicated by an official marker of Georgia Historical Commission, Georgia Railroad and Banking Company on May 21, 1837 operated the first railroad...
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The Augusta Canal - Powder Works and Mills
The tall chimney in front of the Sibley Mill is the only surviving structure built by the Confederacy, and stands as a memorial to war dead. Augusta and its canal played a prominent role in the...
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Village of Summerville
Village of Summerville National Register of Historic Places, 1980 While not incorporated as a separate community until 1861 (with boundaries being a circle with a one mile radius from...
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The Confederate States Powder Works
The Confederate States Powder Works "...the best powder mill in the world..." When the conflict began in April 1861, leaders on both sides were unprepared to wage a long war. The...
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St. James United Methodist Church
In 1798 the Methodist Church was incorporated in Augusta and known as the "Augusta Station." St. John Methodist Episcopal Church was the mother church formed out of this movement and St....
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