Rockdale County
This County, created by Act of the Legislature Oct 18, 1870, is named for Rockdale Church, so called for the fine underlying granite strata. Conyers, the County site, was incorporated in 1854...
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Georgia's State Capital
Augusta served as the capital of Georgia from 1785 until 1795 when the seat of government was moved to the new capital, Louisville. The Georgia General Assembly met at this site in a...
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First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) began in Kentucky in the early years of the nineteenth century. Dr. Daniel Hook and Captain and Mrs. Edward Campfield established Augusta´s...
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Augusta State University
Augusta State University traces its roots to 1783 when its parent institution, the Academy of Richmond County, was chartered. Offering college- level classes to prepare students for admission into...
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First Ebenezer Baptist Church
This congregation began when a handful of slaves gathered for services on the Rhodes Plantation in August 1812. In 1851 Absalom A. Rhodes sold a quarter acre of land here for two dollars to...
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Joseph R. Lamar, Associate Justice Supreme Court
Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916) lived in this manse from 1860-1875 while his father, James Sanford Lamar, was pastor of First Christian Church. A prominent attorney, he served two terms in the...
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Stoney Nurses Home of the Lamar School of Nursing
This building, named for Dr. George N. Stoney, a prominent local black physician, opened in 1909 to house students of Lamar School of Nursing. The school, founded in 1897 by Lucy Craft Laney...
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Spirit Creek Baptist Church
In July 1800, this church was organized in a canebrake on Spirit Creek by slaves on the Twiggs plantation. The Reverend J.W. Sutton served as the first pastor. In July 1868, the church...
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Church of the Most Holy Trinity
The current sanctuary was constructed from 1857-63 and is one of the oldest Catholic Church buildings in Georgia. It was designed by J.R. Niernsee, architect of the State House in Columbia,...
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Washington's Southern Tour
During his Southern tour of 1791, President George Washington visited Augusta--at that time Georgia´s capital--from May 18-21. Washington met with Governor Edward Telfair and other...
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Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, U.S.A.
One of two native Georgians who served as generals in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, Montgomery C. Meigs was born here on May 3, 1816, grandson of a University of Georgia president....
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Explosion At The Confederate Powder Works
In August, 1864, a violent explosion destroyed the granulating building of the Augusta Powder Works, one of the 28 buildings of the Confederacy's massive gunpowder mill along Augusta Canal....
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Haines Normal and Industrial Institute
Established by influential educator Lucy Craft Laney, the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute was chartered in 1886 and grew to include a Kindergarten to Junior College curriculum, the Lamar...
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John McClinton Tutt 1886-1986
For over six decades, John Tutt educated Augusta´s youth at the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute and Lucy Craft Laney High School. After graduating from Lincoln University in 1905,...
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U.S. Marshal Robert Forsyth (1754-1794)
Robert Forsyth was the first law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. Captain of Light Dragoons in Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee´s cavalry during the Revolutionary War, Forsyth had been...
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