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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dougherty County, Georgia

 
Clickable Map of Dougherty County, Georgia and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Dougherty County, GA (14) Baker County, GA (2) Calhoun County, GA (2) Lee County, GA (4) Mitchell County, GA (5) Terrell County, GA (9) Worth County, GA (5)  DoughertyCounty(14) Dougherty County (14)  BakerCounty(2) Baker County (2)  CalhounCounty(2) Calhoun County (2)  LeeCounty(4) Lee County (4)  MitchellCounty(5) Mitchell County (5)  TerrellCounty(9) Terrell County (9)  WorthCounty(5) Worth County (5)
Adjacent to Dougherty County, Georgia
    Baker County (2)
    Calhoun County (2)
    Lee County (4)
    Mitchell County (5)
    Terrell County (9)
    Worth County (5)
 
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1Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — 47-3 — Albany Home of Governor George D. Busbee
On West 3rd Avenue near North Slappey Boulevard (Business U.S. 82), on the right when traveling west.
Governor George Busbee (1927-2004) and his family lived in this ranch style home (c.1956) from 1962 until 1983. Busbee launched his underdog campaign from this residence in 1974 to become Georgia’s 77th governor with the slogan, “Elect a . . . — Map (db m117147) HM
2Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — Albany Lights1889
Near West Broad Avenue west of North Washington Street, on the right when traveling west.
On February 9, 1889, the first electric lights brightened Broad and Washington Street in Albany. The City had the first Edison municipal incandescent system ever erected in the South, making Albany famous and attracting tourists from throughout the . . . — Map (db m117163) HM
3Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — 047-3 — Albany’s First Brick House
On Flint Street 0.1 miles east of North Madison Street, on the right when traveling east.
Built of brick hauled from Macon by wagon, this house was completed in 1860 by Congressman William E. (Tete) Smith for his bride, Caroline Williams Smith. The interior trim and mahogany stair rail came from New York; the furnishings were imported . . . — Map (db m40531) HM
4Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — C.B. (Chevene Bowers) Kingb. Albany, Georgia October 12, 1923; d. March 15, 1988
On West Broad Avenue at North Washington Street, on the right when traveling west on West Broad Avenue.
C.B. King dreamed of becoming a lawyer. He had served in the United States Navy and graduated from Fisk University. Because there was no law school for Blacks in segregated Georgia, he earned a law degree from Case Western Reserve University Law . . . — Map (db m117200) HM
5Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — 047-4 — Colonel Nelson Tift
On Pine Avenue at Champion Lane, on the right when traveling west on Pine Avenue.
Nelson Tift, founder of the City of Albany, was born at Groton, Conn., July 23, 1810. In 1833 he established a mercantile business in Augusta, Georgia. After a sojourn in Hawkinsville he moved to Albany, then in Baker County, in 1836. . . . — Map (db m40796) HM
6Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — Cox Landing Park
On Lakeshore Drive 0.1 miles south of Philema Road (Georgia Route 91), on the left when traveling south.
In memory of Albany native Private Henry Cleve Cox, Jr., 2nd Infantry Division – Medical Corps, killed in action, August 25, 1944, during the Battle for Brest, France. Prior to his death, he was recognized for . . . — Map (db m40799) HM
7Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — 047-5 — De Soto in Georgia
On West Roosevelt Avenue east of North Washington Street, on the left when traveling east.
In May 1539, Hernando de Soto landed in Florida with over 600 people, 220 horses and mules, and a herd of swine reserved for famine. Fired by his success in Pizarro’s conquest of Peru, De Soto had been granted the rights, by the King of Spain, to . . . — Map (db m117143) HM
8Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — 047-1 — Dougherty County
On Pine Avenue at Champion Lane, on the right when traveling west on Pine Avenue.
This County, created by Act of the Legislature December 15, 1853, is named for Charles Dougherty of Athens, noted ante-bellum lawyer and jurist and strong advocate of states rights. In the Creek War in 1836 the Indians were driven out at the Battle . . . — Map (db m40792) HM
9Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — 47-4 — Edward Vason Jones
Near Dawson Road west of Greenwood Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Edward Vason Jones, born in Albany on August 3, 1909, was a nationally recognized 20th-century classical architect and designer. Originally a student of dentistry at Northwestern University, Jones was a self-taught architect and began his career at . . . — Map (db m117124) HM
10Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — 47-5 — Freedom Alley and City Hall
On Pine Avenue east of North Jackson Street, on the right when traveling east.
During the Albany Movement (1961-1963), as part of the Civil Rights Movement, the area here bordering the former Albany City Hall and jail became known as Freedom Alley. Located at what is now the Central Square Government Complex, the location . . . — Map (db m117127) HM
11Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — 47-2 — Georgia Civil Rights Trail: The Albany Movement
On West Whitney Avenue at South Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west on West Whitney Avenue.
The Albany Movement began here, at Shiloh Baptist Church, in November 1961. A coalition of black improvement associations and student activists from SNCC and Albany State College, the protest group set an unprecedented goal: the desegregation of an . . . — Map (db m117148) HM
12Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — 47-1 — Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
On North Jefferson Street south of West 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital began operation on July 31, 1911, as one of the first public hospitals in the region. Judge Francis Flagg Putney made the founding donation of $25,000, though other money and goods were donated by both white and black . . . — Map (db m117145) HM
13Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — Ray Charles1930-2004
On South Front Street 0 miles south of West Broad Avenue (Georgia Route 133), on the left when traveling south.
Ray Charles was a pioneering musician who shaped the sound of Rhythm and Blues. Born in Albany, Georgia, Charles was blind by age six. He later became known as one of the wolds's most loved entertainers and called "The Genius of Soul" for his . . . — Map (db m108090) HM
14Georgia (Dougherty County), Albany — 047-2 — The Bridge House
On North Front Street 0 miles north of East Broad Street.
Here, at the site of an early ferry over the Flint River, Col. Nelson Tift, owner of bridge and ferry rights and the founder of Albany, had a toll bridge constructed by a well known bridge builder, a freed slave named Horace of Columbus. At the same . . . — Map (db m40798) HM
 
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