Macon in Bibb County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Sidney Lanier's Law Office

Historic Macon Music Registry

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 20, 2021

1. Sidney Lanier's Law Office Marker

Inscription.
Famed flautist and
poet Sidney Lanier
worked here.

Erected by Historic Macon Foundation.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Georgia, Historic Macon Music Registry series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1868.

Location. 32° 50.239′ N, 83° 37.69′ W. Marker is in Macon, Georgia, in Bibb County. It is on 2nd Street north of Mulberry Street Lane, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 336 2nd St, Macon GA 31201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Sidney Lanier (here, next to this marker); Peyton Anderson (within shouting distance of this marker); Hardeman Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Andersen's Jewelers (within shouting distance of this marker); Emerson Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Jefferson Davis at the Lanier House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Lanier House (about 300 feet away); Bibb County (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Macon.

Regarding Sidney Lanier's Law Office. Excerpt from the music tour's pamphlet:

The poet, musician, and scholar was also a practicing lawyer. Sidney Lanier briefly practiced law with his father, Robert Sampson Lanier, after returning to Macon to marry Mary Day. While practicing law, he wrote poems for magazines to supplement his family’s income. One of his best known poems is “The Marshes of Glynn.” He would later serve as first chair flute in the Peabody Orchestra and teach at Johns Hopkins University before his death at the age of 39.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 20, 2021

2. Sidney Lanier's Law Office Marker

Unknown / Public domain

3. Sidney Lanier's Law Office Marker

The frontispiece photograph from "Poems of Sidney Lanier, Edited by his Wife", published in 1884.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 499 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 25, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.