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By David Seibert, August 24, 2009
Horace King Bridge Builder Marker
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1 Georgia, Troup County, LaGrange — Horace King Bridge Builder
On Greenville Street at Horace King Street, on the right when traveling east on Greenville Street.
Born a slave September 8, 1807, Horace King became a noted builder of covered bridges and public buildings. His talents developed under the instruction of his master and friend, John Godwin. In 1846, Godwin secured King’s freedom through the Alabama . . . Map (db m22254) HM
2 Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Tuscaloosa — Horace King
Near Greensboro Avenue near 2nd Street (Jack Warner Parkway).
Born a slave in South Carolina in 1807, Horace King became a master bridge builder while working with John Godwin. With the aid of Tuscaloosan Robert Jemison, King was freed by act of the Alabama legislature in 1846. He went on to build many bridges . . . Map (db m235771) HM
3 Alabama, Russell County, Phenix City — Horace King
On Broad Street at Dillingham Street, on the right when traveling south on Broad Street.
(side 1) Horace King a slave of John Godwin was construction foreman for the first Dillingham Street Bridge in 1832, when he and Godwin introduced the “town lattice” bridge design into the Chattahoochee Valley. King built most . . . Map (db m69064) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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