500 ft. W. stood the ante-bellum residence of Hiram H. Embry (1805-1877), a notable landmark during the battle of Peachtree Cr.
At 4 P.M., July 20, 1864, Walthall’s div. [CS] advanced N. on this road to attack the Federal line above Collier . . . — — Map (db m237543) HM
July 20, 1864. Gen. W. T. Ward’s 3rd div., 20th A.C., having crossed the creek at Peachtree Road, moved to the low ground at stream-side, its three brigands aligned westward, facing S. From East to West were Wood’s, Coburn’s and Harrison’s . . . — — Map (db m16501) HM
July 20, 1864. Ward’s 20th A.C. div. crossed a short distance downstream, leaving the artillery on this side, because of difficult terrain south of the creek. Moving S.W., it occupied the section between Geary’s div. (W. of Collier’s Mill), & the . . . — — Map (db m23343) HM
July 18, 1864. Ward’s 3d div., 20th A.C. moved to this position from Pace’s Fy. to occupy the sector on the immediate right of Howard’s 4th Corps which had marched from Power’s Fy, reaching Buckhead at noon. The other two 20th A.C. Divisions were . . . — — Map (db m22891) HM
July 20, 1864. Williams' div., 20th A. C., having crossed Peachtree Cr. 750 yds. N., deployed his 3 brigades - Robinson's, Knipe's & Ruger's in the order named, on this ridge from this point W. This was part of a general move on Atlanta by Fed. . . . — — Map (db m16408) HM
July 19, 1864. Wood’s & Newton’s 4th A.C. divs. moving S. from Buckhead to effect crossings at Peachtree Cr. found the bridge burned. Wood improvised one & crossed two brigades which, after a sharp contest with Hardee’s troops [CS], drove them to . . . — — Map (db m23346) HM
Born in 1842, Jacob Elsas settled in Ohio in 1861 from Württemberg during a
wave of European-Jewish immigration. In 1865, Elsas moved to Cartersville,
Georgia, opening a trading store. Recognizing a shortage in manufactured
bags, Elsas relocated . . . — — Map (db m227418) HM
Est. March 1836; discontinued July 7, 1866; a stop on the Decatur Marthasville (Atlanta) and White Hall & Sandtown stagecoach route in intervening years: Also a landmark in the movement of Federal troops from the Atlanta siege lines to Red Oak and . . . — — Map (db m44413) HM
By late July 1864 three major battles...Peach
Tree Creek, Atlanta and Ezra Church...had
weakened but not defeated the Confederate army
defending Atlanta. By that time Union Major
General William T. Sherman had begun inching
his troops southwest . . . — — Map (db m185975) HM
Third Division 23rd Corps Attack
At 0830 hours, August 6, 1864, the advanced elements of Cox's Division [USA], Riley's and Byrd's Brigades advanced to Sandtown Road (now Cascade) and deployed skirmishers to get around the flank of the . . . — — Map (db m96668) HM
This area contains some of the few Civil War entrenchments still visible in
Atlanta. Confederate soldiers and African-American slaves dug them during the summer of 1864 as part of an approximate eight-mile fortified line running generally southwest . . . — — Map (db m185982) HM
From July 19 through August 4, 1996, Atlanta hosted the Centennial Summer Olympic Games,
the largest event in Atlanta's history. In 1990, the International Olympic Committee chose
Atlanta over five other cities. Atlanta attorney Billy Payne and . . . — — Map (db m227438) HM
Media mogul Ted Turner launched the Cable News Network — CNN — in Atlanta on June 1, 1980, as the world's first 24-hour all-news network. Turner had revolutionized cable television by beaming Superstation TBS around the globe by satellite and was . . . — — Map (db m187170) HM
It is hard to believe that in 1993 this magnificent, 22-acre urban oasis
was a dilapidated section of downtown Atlanta. Billy Payne, chief
executive of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG),
spent hours gazing from his nearby office . . . — — Map (db m227446) HM
July 18, 1864. The 4th A.C., marching from Crossroads Church to Buckhead, encountered a spirited opposition by Confederate cavalry & artillery S. of Mt. Paran Rd. On reaching the creek Newton’s head of column found that the bridge had been burned & . . . — — Map (db m27981) HM
formerly
Fulton County Almshouse
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built in 1911 — — Map (db m197640) HM
A concerted, but scattered endeavor was made by Wheeler’s cavalry [CS] to oppose the advance of Federal forces from four Chattahoochee River crossings toward Atlanta, July 1864.
July 18. Brig. Gen. John S. Williams’ (formerly Grigsby’s) . . . — — Map (db m27984) HM
Owl Rock Church was founded in 1828 by Richmond Barge and other members of the Mutual Rights faction that withdrew from the Mount Gilead Methodist Episcopal Church. The church is named for an eight foot natural rock closely resembling an owl which . . . — — Map (db m14161) HM
Completed in three years, the $214 million, 71,996-seat Georgia Dome opened in August 1992 as the world's largest cable-supported domed stadium, serving as the home of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons for 25 seasons. The stadium hosted some of the world's . . . — — Map (db m187172) HM
This building has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. Best known to Atlantans as the first Georgia bottling plant of the Coca-Cola Company, this small 2-story commercial building, which was constructed in 1890, originally housed both . . . — — Map (db m186413) HM
At this site stood Techwood Homes. Conceptualized by developer Charles Palmer,
the 604-unit development replaced the overcrowded Tech Flats neighborhood near
Palmer's properties. Simultaneously, Atlanta University President John Hope sought
to . . . — — Map (db m227624) HM
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1923
Redeveloped 2006 — — Map (db m187169) HM
Sand Town (Oktahatalofa) and Buzzard Roost (Sulecauga) were two frontier Creek Indian communities here on the Chattahoochee River. The old Sand Town Trail extended westward to the Coosa River in Alabama and eastward into what is now DeKalb County. . . . — — Map (db m14157) HM
Because of this elevation, Barret’s troops were able to communicate with Kennesaw Mountain by signal. Also this site was a fort in Atlanta city defense works.
July - August, 1864
In Commemoration - CLARK Equipment Company — — Map (db m29377) HM
Aug 26, 1864. The Federal Army of the Tenn., (15th, 16th and 17th corps) enroute to Fairburn & Jonesboro, camped on, and near, the Wilson plantation. Gen. John A. Logan (15th A.C.) had h’dq’rs at the Judge Wm. A. Wilson residence. The 4th, 14th and . . . — — Map (db m44416) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
circa 1913 — — Map (db m187164) HM
This is the site of the worst hotel fire in U.S. history. In the predawn hours of December 7, 1946, the Winecoff Hotel fire killed 119 people. The 15-story building still stands adjacent to this marker. At the time, this building had neither fire . . . — — Map (db m59667) HM
In 1839 “Cousin John” Thrasher built a settlement called Thrasherville at this then forested site near the peg marking the planned terminus of the Western & Atlantic R. R. This railroad was later built by the State of Georgia to provide . . . — — Map (db m59670) HM
Entered on the National Register
of Historic Places
May 2, 1974
U. S. Courthouse
Atlanta, Georgia
James Knox Taylor
architect 1907
This property significantly contributes to the
nation's cultural heritage . . . — — Map (db m187161) HM
The first glass of Coca-Cola was sold for five cents on May 8, 1886, at Jacobs' Pharmacy, a popular Atlanta soda fountain that was located on this corner. Coca-Cola was created by Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton in his laboratory just a short walk . . . — — Map (db m187134) HM
[Main marker]
SunTrust Bank played a key role in the New South's economic growth in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and became the largest bank headquartered in Georgia. In 1891 the Georgia General Assembly chartered the . . . — — Map (db m187137) HM
This Zero Mile Post marks the Southeastern Terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, about which a settlement grew and eventually became Atlanta. This railroad, to Chattanooga, Tennessee, was built, and still is owned by the State of Georgia. . . . — — Map (db m176411) HM
Aug. 26, 1864. After 35 days of futile siege operations, the Federals withdrew from their lines north & west of Atlanta & by a wide flanking march, moved against the two railroads entering the city from the southwest. The 15th, 16th, & 17th corps, . . . — — Map (db m192392) HM
Named for Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson, U. S. Vol., the Union Commander of the Army of Tenn. during the Battle of Atlanta, this area was used as a state militia drill ground as early as 1835. It housed several temporary Confederate and Union . . . — — Map (db m16964) HM
On November 14, 1864, the third cavalry of General Sherman’s Military Division of the Mississippi [USA], Brig. General Judson L. Kilpatrick, [USA], 5500 men and 6 guns, marched from Marietta via Mayson-Turner Ferry (Bankhead Highway bridge) and . . . — — Map (db m109220) HM
Established by Act of the General Assembly Oct. 13, 1885; site selected Oct. 20, 1886.
Administration Building erected, 1887.
First session, Oct. 7, 1888.
In July, August, 1864, this site was occupied by one of a series of forts connected . . . — — Map (db m15839) HM
The Georgia School of Technology held its first classes
in the fall of 1888 in two towering buildings. One of them,
now known as Tech Tower, housed classes taught by
five professors. The other was a machine shop, fully
stocked with a foundry, . . . — — Map (db m227626) HM
The City of Atlanta Office of Cemetery Commission purchased this fountain from J. L. Mott Iron Works as a cemetery improvement. T. G. Spearman ordered the statue and constructed a masonry pool, which was altered in 1984. The figural group was . . . — — Map (db m64800) HM
Vice-President of the Confederacy, 1861-1865, died while Governor of Georgia on March 4, 1883 and was first buried in this vault. In 1884, he was reinterred at his home, “Liberty Hall”, at Crawfordville, Georgia.
Though small in stature, “Little . . . — — Map (db m186563) WM
Born in Clinton, Jones County, Georgia
February 14, 1829
Died Atlanta, Georgia
March 31, 1911
He was the son of
Alfred Iverson, Sr.
United States Senator for Georgia
and
Caroline Goode Holt . . . — — Map (db m64825) HM WM
The section of the cemetery encompassing the area behind this marker, bounded by the lane to the east, the sidewalk to the west, and the wall to the south, was established in 1892 as the burial ground for Congregation Ahavath Achim, chartered in . . . — — Map (db m53310) HM
Clement A. Evans, Brig. Gen., C.S.A., began his military career in his native Stewart Co., Ga., where he was commissioned Major in Co. E, 31st Ga. Infantry. He rapidly rose in rank and in Nov. 1864, was put in command of a division, succeeding . . . — — Map (db m64826) HM
Here rest the remains of Colonel Joseph F. Burke. In 1861, at age 16, he was in the Confederate States Forces defending Charleston, SC, when it was invaded and attacked by Union Forces attempting to reach Fort Sumter. As Commander, Colonel Burke led . . . — — Map (db m186559) HM
The Confederate Memorial Grounds is the final resting place of approximately 6,900 Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War (1861-1865). Atlanta was a Confederate military center and manufacturing site during the war. Several railroads . . . — — Map (db m186546) HM
The Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association (ALMA) formed in 1866 with a purpose to “preserve and foster the memory of our Confederate Dead.” The federal government did not fund Confederate burials after the war. Volunteer groups, often organized by . . . — — Map (db m186549) HM
"Resolved, that the petition of the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association, asking a donation of land for the purpose of interring the Confederate Dead, be referred to the Committee on Cemetery, and that said committee have full power to act in the . . . — — Map (db m64823) WM
Dr. Charles d'Alvigny, son of Dr. Noel d'Alvigny, was captured with Cobb's Legion in NC in 1865. He was released when it was recognized that he was Dr. d'Alvigny's son. He was a dentist and later Sexton of Streets in Atlanta overseeing their . . . — — Map (db m64816) HM
Dr. Noel d'Alvigny was born in 1800, Paris. As a surgeon in both the French and Confederate Armies (Leyden Artillery), he said, "I was in two revolutions." He was the only doctor who bravely remained during the burning of Atlanta in 1864 and was . . . — — Map (db m64818) HM
Southeastern salient of Atlanta’s inner line of (CS) fortifications erected during the Summer & Fall of 1863. The line consisted of a cordon of redoubts on hills connected by rifle pits encircling the city, aggregating some 10.5 miles of earthworks . . . — — Map (db m10236) HM
This earthen fortification is one of the few remaining traces, of a ring of entrenchments that encircled Atlanta during the summer of 1864. The Atlanta City Council voted on May 22, 1863 to ask Confederate engineers to construct fortifications at . . . — — Map (db m142500) HM
Named for Col. Lemuel P. Grant (1817-1893), pioneer railroad builder and public-spirited citizen of Atlanta, who donated to the city 87.5 of this area for a park May 17, 1883. An additional 44 acres acquired by purchase from Col. Grant, increased it . . . — — Map (db m10235) HM
The City of Atlanta deeded this plot of ground to the Hibernian Benevolent Society in 1873. The grant recognized contributions made by the "Hibernian Rifles" and Father Thomas O'Reilly in defending and preserving the city during the Civil War. — — Map (db m64836) HM
Historic Oakland Cemetery, founded in 1850, is the final resting place of over 70,000 residents, including many of Atlanta's settlers, builders, and noted citizens like Bobby Jones, Margaret Mitchell, and Maynard Jackson. This 48-acre garden . . . — — Map (db m186543) HM
A native of Upson County, Georgia, and a Major General, Confederate States Army, was one of General Lee's most trusted and outstanding officers. He brilliantly led his devoted men in every engagement in which the Army of Northern Virginia . . . — — Map (db m64831) HM
In this spot set apart by the city is buried
Martha Lumpkin Compton
August 25, 1827 - February 13, 1917
Wife of
Thomas M. Compton
Daughter of
Governor Wilson Lumpkin
and his wife
Annis Hopson Lumpkin
In honor of . . . — — Map (db m64785) HM
In 1850 the City of Atlanta established a public cemetery on this ridge overlooking downtown. Originally known as Atlanta or City Cemetery, the name Oakland was adopted in 1872 because of its many oaks. It was the principal burial ground for Atlanta . . . — — Map (db m10148) HM
[Text on Top Marker]:
Roosevelt High School
September 1947 - June 1985
_______________
"Roosevelt We Hail Thee,
Our Great Alma Mater"
________________
Dedicated By
Alumni, Faculty and friends
2002 . . . — — Map (db m64288) HM
In 1852 the Atlanta City Council ruled that African Americans were to be buried in a segregated section at the rear of Oakland Cemetery, at the eastern boundary of the original 6 acres. By the beginning of the Civil war, more than 800 persons . . . — — Map (db m64824) HM
In 1866, the city of Atlanta set aside this 3.2-acre section of land for African Americans to buy burial plots. Before 1866, African Americans were buried in an area called Slave Square in Oakland Cemetery's original six acres. The practice of . . . — — Map (db m186550) HM
In the “Golden Age of American Sport” no athlete captured the public imagination like Atlanta's own Robert Tyre “Bobby” Jones Jr. Born in nearby Grant Park in 1902, Jones popularized golf on an international stage. His sportsmanship called . . . — — Map (db m186544) HM
Oakland's African American Burial Grounds reflect the extent of racial segregation in America. From 1866 until 1963, African Americans could only buy burial plots in this section. As people were racially segregated in daily life — in education, . . . — — Map (db m186558) HM
280 feet south of this location on June 18, 1862, seven of the Union Army's brave Andrews (sic) Raiders were hanged and buried. On April 12, 1862, 22 Andrews (sic) Raiders seized the General, a tender and three boxcars at Big Shanty (now Kennesaw) . . . — — Map (db m64905) HM WM
On November 17, 1930, Bobby Jones stunned the world when he announced his retirement. He had joined his father's law firm (now Alston & Bird LLP) two years earlier. Specializing in corporate law, he also held interests in several Coca-Cola bottling . . . — — Map (db m186567) HM
In 1856 James E. Williams (Mayor of Atlanta 1866-1868), built a residence atop this high ground which later became a part of Oakland Cemetery. From the second story of the house, Gen. John B. Hood, in command of Confederate forces, & members of his . . . — — Map (db m10448) HM
On April 12, 1862, Captain Fuller pursued and after a race of 90 miles, from Big Shanty northward on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, re-captured the historic war-engine "General" which had been seized by 22 Federal soldiers in disguise, thereby . . . — — Map (db m64788) HM
Constructed in 1908, the Women's Comfort Station served as a bathroom and place of shelter during extreme weather. The Men's Comfort Station, located next to the African American Burial Grounds and Potter's Field, was completed the same year. . . . — — Map (db m186565) HM
July 28, 1864. Anticipating a Confederate attack on the Right of the 15th A. C. [US], aligned W. of Ezra Ch., Sherman sent Davis’ div. (14th A. C.), on a circuitous march W., so as to come in on Logan’s Rt. via Lick Skillet (Adamsville) Road. . . . — — Map (db m50624) HM
On September 29, 1957, Mount Zion Methodist Church, one of the first churches in this area, celebrated its 141st anniversary. Services were held first in a log structure, built for a schoolhouse. Tombstones in the cemetery bear dates from 1796; . . . — — Map (db m17787) HM
Johnston’s army [CS] moved to this side of the river July 9-10, 1864. French’s div., Stewarts A.C. was posted astride the R.R. to guard the left bank pending Federal crossings up river. July 18. With the Federal advance S. to Peachtree Cr. Valley, . . . — — Map (db m16583) HM
A notable eminence between Peachtree & Proctor’s creeks near the Chattahoochee River & named for John A. Casey (1820-1907) who lived on this hill near the old Montgomery Church. Prior to & during the 1860s, the road from Atlanta crossed this hill . . . — — Map (db m16530) HM
July 9, 1864. Confederate forces withdrew to this side of the river near the state R.R. bridge. General S.G. French’s div. (Stewart’s A.C.) was posted above & below the bridge as a rear guard of Johnston’s Army of Tennessee. July 18. French’s div. . . . — — Map (db m21500) HM
Alonzo Herndon was born into slavery in Walton County, Georgia, in 1858. After moving to segregated Atlanta, Herndon opened several barbershops including the upscale Crystal Palace in 1902. In 1905, he purchased a small mutual aid association that . . . — — Map (db m185910) HM
By 1920, Auburn Avenue had become the "Main Street" of
Black Atlanta. Many prominent African Americans lived along or near this prosperous commercial avenue, where the city's leading Black enterprises and institutions could be found: real . . . — — Map (db m186002) HM
Pause and look up at this massive overpass: an entire block of Black-owned businesses were demolished to construct it. Buildings and businesses lost included Simmons Shoe Repair, Jordan Photography Studio, Star Cab Stand, Henray's Five and Dime, and . . . — — Map (db m186441) HM
Big Bethel served as Sweet Auburn's City Hall, the site of mass meetings to improve the lives of Atlanta's blacks in the first half of the 20th century. The church established the Gate City Colored School, the first public school for black students . . . — — Map (db m186416) HM
The churches of Auburn Avenue — especially Big Bethel A.M.E., Wheat Street Baptist and Ebenezer Baptist — have played a dual role: they are places of worship, and they are centers of political, economic and social activity.
Founded during the . . . — — Map (db m186415) HM
This site was the original location of Bronner Brothers Hair Care Products. Nathaniel Bronner, the only male in the 1939 graduating class of the Apex Beauty College, established his hair care products business here in the 1950s.
Constructed in . . . — — Map (db m186414) HM
This building was constructed in 1915 and originally used as a lodge. W.H. Hanley, a native of Winchester, Tennessee, gained experience in the funeral home business as an employee of David T. Howard Funeral Home, Atlanta's first Black owned funeral . . . — — Map (db m186420) HM
John Smith, a white
businessman, who employed many African Americans, established a carriage factory here in 1869 adjacent to his home. Alonzo Herndon, a slave-born barber who founded the Atlanta Mutual Insurance Association in 1905, renovated . . . — — Map (db m185994) HM
At this site, where the two Peachtrees merge, a life-sized standing statue of United States Senator Benjamin H. Hill (1823-1882) was unveiled on May 1, 1886 with Henry W. Grady, editor of The Atlanta Constitution, serving as master of the dedication . . . — — Map (db m187188) HM
As early as 1867, Atlantans began campaigning for African American police officers. Finally, in 1948, eight Black policemen were sworn into service. Barred from the Decatur Street police station because of their race, the men used the Butler Street . . . — — Map (db m186417) HM
John Calhoun Park commemorates one of Auburn Avenue's leading businessmen. Calhoun was a realtor, a local NAACP leader during the 1940s and 1950s, and a Republican Party activist who served on the Atlanta City Council during the 1970s.
Businesses . . . — — Map (db m186442) HM
John Calhoun Park commemorates one of Auburn Avenue's leading businessmen. Calhoun was a realtor, a local NAACP leader during the 1940s and 1950s, and a Republican Party activist who served on the Atlanta City Council during the 1970s. Businesses . . . — — Map (db m186443) HM
Constructed in 1912, the Odd Fellows Building was one of Auburn's most innovative projects. The office complex was the brainchild of Benjamin J. Davis, leader of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows fraternal organization. Davis led a campaign to . . . — — Map (db m186418) HM
On April 21, 1880, four Sisters of Mercy from Savannah, Georgia opened Atlanta's first permanent hospital, a 10-bed facility located on this site, where it remained for nearly 100 years.
During that time, the hospital grew in size and scope, . . . — — Map (db m106788) HM
Southern Company traces its roots to 1912, when the first of a series of holding companies was formed to build a power grid and provide reliable electricity across the Southeast. Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power — the . . . — — Map (db m187181) HM
I call it my Auburn Avenue, the street which is known all over America as the center of activity among black people in the south.
I.P. Reynolds, letter carrier and writer
Here, in the days before desegregation, blacks . . . — — Map (db m185991) HM
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