Macon in Bibb County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Birthplace of Sidney Lanier
Photographed By Donald D. Daniel, November 4, 2006
1. Birthplace of Sidney Lanier Marker
Inscription.
Birthplace of Sidney Lanier. . Sidney Lanier, poet, linguist, musician, mathematician and lawyer, was born in this cottage, Feb. 3, 1842. He graduated from Oglethorpe Univ. then at Milledgeville, served as a private in the Confederate Army and was captured while commanding a blockade runner. Lanier was married in 1867 to Mary Day of Macon where he practiced law with his father. Moving to Maryland he lectured at Johns Hopkins while carrying on his writing. He died at Lynn, N.C. Sept 7, 1881. Among his best known works are "The Marshes of Glynn" and "Song of the Chattahoochee".
Sidney Lanier, poet, linguist, musician, mathematician & lawyer, was born in this cottage, Feb. 3, 1842. He graduated from Oglethorpe Univ. then at Milledgeville, served as a private in the Confederate Army and was captured while commanding a blockade runner. Lanier was married in 1867 to Mary Day of Macon where he practiced law with his father. Moving to Maryland he lectured at Johns Hopkins while carrying on his writing. He died at Lynn, N.C. Sept 7, 1881. Among his best known works are "The Marshes of Glynn" & "Song of the Chattahoochee".
Erected 1975 by Georgia Historic Marker. (Marker Number 011-6.)
Photographed By Donald D. Daniel, November 4, 2006
2. Birthplace of Sidney Lanier
The street is still the original paving brick.
Photographed By Greggory / GRB Creative, January 28, 2023
3. Birthplace of Sidney Lanier and Marker
Postcard by the Souvenir Post Card Co., circa 1907
4. Sidney Lanier's Birth Place, Macon, Ga.
Same view as above, but one century earlier….
Photographed By Donald D. Daniel, November 4, 2006
5. Memorial Marker for Sidney Lanier
Birthplace of Sydney Lanier Feb. 3, 1842 Sept. 7, 1881
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