On J. R. Campbell Sr. Street just east of Cotton Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
One of the earliest hospitals in southwest Georgia devoted to the care of African Americans, the Americus Colored Hospital opened in 1923. The majority of the funds needed to build the hospital were provided by Dr. W.S. Prather. Practice in the . . . — — Map (db m40661) HM
On South Lee Street (Georgia Route 377) south of Brannan Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Calvary Episcopal Church was organized in 1864 as a second effort to found an Episcopal parish in Americus. The cornerstone for the original wood-framed church was laid here in 1869. The current building was completed in 1921 under the leadership of . . . — — Map (db m205619) HM
On Southerfield Road east of Success Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Charles A. Lindbergh captured the hearts of Americans during his successful non-stop flight from New York to Paris in the “Spirit of St. Louis” on May 20th, 1927. This famous American Aviator purchased his first airplane and learned to . . . — — Map (db m41210) HM
On East Church Street, 0.1 miles east of Taylor Street, on the left when traveling east.
Here rest 129 Confederate soldiers -- 45 of them “Unknown” -- all of whom died in Confederate hospitals in Americus. These men served in the Army of Tennessee. Some were with Gen. Jubal Early in the Washington, D.C. raid in July, 1864. Others were . . . — — Map (db m40203) HM
On North Jackson Street, 0 miles south of East Forsyth Street (Georgia Route 49), on the right when traveling south.
Thousands of Confederate soldiers were patients at Foard Hospital on this site between August and December 1864. Following a disastrous fire and explosion on August 31, the patients were evacuated to the homes of townspeople and to the country; . . . — — Map (db m39957) HM
Reduviid--or "kissing"--bugs live in the walls and cracks of houses in South and Central America. By depositing feces on a person's skin, the kissing bug transmits a deadly disease know as Chagas.
An estimated 16 to 18 million people are . . . — — Map (db m73163) HM
On South Lee Street (Georgia Route 377) at East College Street, on the left when traveling south on South Lee Street.
When Federal forces occupied Americus in 1865, the Colonel in charge selected this beautiful Greek Revival house as his headquarters.
The house is believed to have been built circa 1855 by Willis A. Hawkins, associate justice of the . . . — — Map (db m40187) HM
On Upper River Road at Lane Store Road, on the right when traveling east on Upper River Road.
Near this site the Bell Solar Battery — invented at the Bell Telephone Laboratories, converting the sun's light into electrical energy and later used to power communications from earth vehicles voyaging in outer space — received its first . . . — — Map (db m223579) HM
Near Prince Street just north of East Forsyth Street (U.S. 280), on the right when traveling north.
Created as a Memorial to Founding Fathers of Americus Buried here ——————— Known as Old City or Forsyth Street Cemetery ——————— Oldest Public Burial Ground in County ——————— First Mayor of Americus, First Sheriff of Sumter County, and men . . . — — Map (db m190935) HM
On Wheatley Street at East Glessner Street, on the right when traveling north on Wheatley Street.
Georgia Southwestern State University was founded in 1906 as the Third Agricultural and Mechanical School. In 1926, the Legislature authorized the school to offer two years of college work and change the name to Third District Agricultural and . . . — — Map (db m41068) HM
The Cinva-Ram Brick Press makes the kind of blocks used in many houses built by Habitat for Humanity. Bricks are made on the build site with locally available materials. Here's how it works:
1) A mixture of soil and cement is placed in the metal . . . — — Map (db m73167) HM
On Georgia Route 49 at Old Dawson Road, on the left when traveling south on State Route 49.
With a background in theology and agriculture, Georgia native Clarence Jordan (1912-1969), along with his wife, Florence, and Martin and Mabel England, founded Koinonia Farm in 1942. During the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, . . . — — Map (db m84938) HM
The "Lone Eagle" first flew solo in early May, 1923 from Souther Field. Charles Lindbergh had come to Americus to purchase a surplus aircraft from the World War I training center. He chose a Curtiss JN4 "Jenny." He got the plane with a brand-new . . . — — Map (db m11487) HM
Near South Dudley Street just south of West Lamar Street (Georgia Route 49), on the right when traveling south.
Corporal — U.S. Army Sumter County, Georgia B. July 20, 1931 D. Sept. 1, 1950 Naktong River Korea Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor In honor of those who gave their all in our four wars. Dedicated to all veterans of Sumter County to the honor . . . — — Map (db m190942) HM WM
An estimated 1.2 billion people in the world today live on less than $1 per day.
Nearly 3 billion people--close to half of the world's population--live on less than $2 per day.
Home, for many families, looks something like the structures you . . . — — Map (db m73162) HM
On Elm Street, 0 miles north of East College Street, on the right when traveling north.
Dr. Albert Rees, a pioneer local physician, deeded the land for this park to the citizens of Americus in 1846. Two decades later, following the battlefield death of his son Lt. Lucius Gibson Rees, C.S.A. (1841-1864) near Petersburg, Virginia, this . . . — — Map (db m41167) HM
On Taylor Street, 0.1 miles east of Lee Street (Georgia Route 377), on the right when traveling east.
Charles Frederick Crisp (1845-1896), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, built this house in the 1880’s. A native of England and a veteran of service with the Confederate States Army, he had a distinguished career as judge of the . . . — — Map (db m41980) HM
Near South Dudley Street just south of West Lamar Street (Georgia Route 49), on the right when traveling south.
This County, created by Act of the Legislature December 26, 1831, is named for Gen. Thomas Sumter of South Carolina who fought in the French & Indian Wars and Revolution. At Andersonville was located the famous and unjustly criticized Confederate . . . — — Map (db m172817) HM
Near South Dudley Street just south of West Lamar Street (State Route 49), on the right when traveling south.
This solid bronze one half ton bell was in the clock tower of the North Lee Street courthouse, where it tolled the hours for seventy-two years. There have been four courthouses in Sumter County since it was incorporated in 1832. The first, a . . . — — Map (db m190907) HM
Near East Forsyth Street (U.S. 280) just west of Winn Street, on the right when traveling west.
This solid bronze one half ton bell was found stored at the Sumter County Stockade on McMath’s Mill Road along with a companion bell dated 1860 now mounted on the lawn of the fourth Sumter County Courthouse. The older bell, originally bought by . . . — — Map (db m190913) HM
Near South Dudley Street just south of West Lamar Street (Georgia Route 49), on the right when traveling south.
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for protesting racial segregation in Albany on December 16, 1961, and held in the Sumter County jail. Kings arrest dovetailed with community and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) efforts to . . . — — Map (db m172819) HM
On South Jackson Street south of West Lamar Street (U.S. 280), on the right when traveling south.
The First Presbyterian Church of Americus was established in 1842 by Col. George M. and Mrs. (Caroline) Dudley, Mr. H. K. and Mrs. (Catherine) McCay, Eleanor Gibson, May McCay, William J. Patterson, Mary Lynes and Rebecca Daniel. The first church . . . — — Map (db m190887) HM
Near South Lee Street (State Highway 377) 0.1 miles south of West Lamar Street, on the right when traveling south.
This marker placed by the Mayor and City Council of Americus and the Sumter County Board of Commissioners in remembrance of those persons who lost their lives during the flood of July 1994: Josephine Spencer Anderson • Oscar Brown • Roger Allen . . . — — Map (db m227399) HM
On South Jackson Street south of West Lamar Street (U.S. 280), on the left when traveling south.
On this site from 1926 to 1977 stood the Prather Clinic, where hundreds of Americus citizens were born. It was built by Dr. William Stuart Prather (1868-1941). Voted the most valuable Americus citizen in 1935, he was also responsible for building . . . — — Map (db m187297) HM
On West Lamar Street (Georgia Route 27) 0.1 miles west of South Dudley Street, on the right when traveling east.
The tree was grown from a branch of the original “Washington Elm” under which George Washington was sworn in as Commander of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass. in 1775. Donated to the people of Americus and Sumter County by John H. Gray, . . . — — Map (db m155680) HM
Habitat for Humanity has built houses in more than 20 countries in the Africa/Middle East region.
The continent of Africa is larger than the United States. China, India and Argentina combined, and to home to nearly 1 billion people. . . . — — Map (db m73166) HM
Habitat for Humanity has built homes in virtually every country of Latin America and the Caribbean. The first Habitat house in the region was built in Guatemala in 1979.
More Habitat homes have been built in Mexico than in any country except the . . . — — Map (db m73165) HM
