Laney Walker in Augusta in Richmond County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Miss Lucy Craft Laney
1854-1933
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 10, 2023
1. Miss Lucy Craft Laney Marker
Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon, Georgia, during slavery. She graduated in Atlanta University's first class in 1873. Ten years later, she founded Haines Normal and Industrial Institute in the lecture room of Christ Presbyterian Church of Augusta. She established the Nurses Training Institute for African-American girls, forerunner of the Nurses School of University Hospital; a kindergarten for African Americans in Augusta, one of the first in the South; the first football team from an African-American high school in Georgia, and gave Mary McCloud Bethune her first teaching job. Miss Laney also helped to establish the Augusta NAACP. Her portrait hangs in the Georgia State Capitol, and she is a distinguished member of the Georgia Women of Achievement housed at Wesleyan College in Macon. Her former home is now an African-American museum.
Erected by Augusta African-American Historical Committee Sponsors.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education • Women. In addition, it is included in the Georgia - Augusta African-American History Walk
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Location. 33° 28.002′ N, 81° 58.913′ W. Marker is in Augusta, Georgia, in Richmond County. It is in Laney Walker. It is at the intersection of Laney Walker Boulevard and Phillips Street, on the right when traveling west on Laney Walker Boulevard. Marker is on the Augusta African-American History Walk, in front of Lucy Craft Laney High School. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1339 Laney Walker Blvd, Augusta GA 30901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, the Western Hemisphere, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A. C. Griggs (a few steps from this marker); Haines Normal and Industrial Institute (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. John M. Tutt (within shouting distance of this marker); Lucy Craft Laney (within shouting distance of this marker);
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 10, 2023
2. Miss Lucy Craft Laney Marker
Featured marker is on the far left.
Also see . . .
1. Lucy Craft Laney. Laney learned to read and write by the age of four and could translate difficult passages in Latin by the age of twelve, including Julius Caesars Commentaries on the Gallic War. (Kent Anderson Leslie, New Georgia Encyclopedia) (Submitted on June 29, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Lucy Craft Laney. Video tribute to the noted educator. (Georgia Women of Achievement) (Submitted on June 29, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
3. Lucy Craft Laney and the Haines Institute. Lucy Craft Laney was many things. A college graduate, a loving daughter and sister, a fervent and faithful Presbyterian, an educator, a leader, and the headstrong founder of the Haines Institutethese are only some of the things that characterize the
from An Era of Progress and Promise: ... by W.N. Hartshom (Public Domain), 1910
3. Lucy Craft Laney
from An Era of Progress and Promise: ... by W.N. Hartshom (Public Domain), 1910
4. Main Building, Haines Normal and Industrial School
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, April 10, 2025
5. Miss Lucy Craft Laney Gravesite
Lucy Craft Lane Gravesite is located near the marker in front of Lucy Craft Laney High School.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 452 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 29, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 5. submitted on May 31, 2025, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.
