Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lumpkin, Georgia
Lumpkin is the county seat for Stewart County
Lumpkin is in Stewart County
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On Broad Street (Georgia Route 27) just west of Cotton Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Bedingfield Inn or Tavern was constructed on this site in 1836 by Dr. Bryan N. Bedingfield as a family residence and stagecoach stop. It was a center for commercial and community activities and a one-day's travel from Columbus, Fort Gaines, . . . — — Map (db m24786) HM
On Broad Street (Georgia Route 27) 0 miles east of Cotton Street, on the right when traveling east.
This handsome structure as built in 1895 in the Classical style made popular by the buildings housing the Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893-94) to which Lumpkin-born architect John Wellborn Root was a major contributor. It replaced a wooden . . . — — Map (db m35044) HM
On Old Eufaula Road (County Route 149) 0.6 miles east of County Route 13, on the left when traveling west.
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Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church
This church served as the focus for the religious, educational and cultural life of African Americans in the Green Grove community during the late 19th century and well into the 20th . . . — — Map (db m23459) HM
On Georgia Route 27, 0.2 miles east of Parker Road, on the right when traveling east.
Blazed 1818 by a detachment of Jackson's men under Col. Arthur P. Haynes. Running north and south through this point early settlers came into this section along this trail know as Ft. Gaines Road. — — Map (db m175182) HM
On Maple Street just south of Broad Street (Georgia Route 27), on the right when traveling south.
John Wellborn Root (1850-1891), world famous architect, was born on this site. The son of Mary Clark and Sidney Root, he was educated in Lumpkin, Atlanta, New York, and Claremont and Oxford in England. A pioneer in some phases of architecture, he . . . — — Map (db m46426) HM
On County Courthouse Square (Georgia Route 27) at Martin Luther King Drive on County Courthouse Square.
Lumpkin, named for Wilson Lumpkin, Governor, Congressman and Senator, first the County Seat of Randolph County, became the Seat of Government of Stewart County when that county was constituted from Randolph December 23, 1830. On a hill between two . . . — — Map (db m39421) HM
On Broad Street (Georgia Route 39 Connector Road) at Broad Street (Old U.S. 27), on the right when traveling east on Broad Street.
This school, established in 1852 by members of Cross Lodge No. 12 Masons for the purpose of educating girls, was a leading educational center for 30 years. Located on land purchased from Willard and Hollis Boynton, when completed it had an endowment . . . — — Map (db m46390) HM
On Georgia Route 27 at Parker Road (County Route 82), on the right when traveling east on State Route 27.
On a 10 acre plot of land in the exact center of the county was located, in 1830, the first permanent Methodist Camp Meeting Ground in Stewart County.
It was given by Loverd Bryan to be held and owned by the church as long as it was regularly used . . . — — Map (db m46334) HM
On Broad Street (Georgia Route 39 Connector Road) at Chestnut Street (Old U.S. 27), on the right when traveling east on Broad Street.
Trickles of water running down old Indian paths to springs formed the Providence Canyons, natural wonders of the Southeast.
These canyons, named for an old church that had to be moved out of their path, are often called “Little Grand . . . — — Map (db m46392) HM
On Canyon Road (State Highway 39), on the right when traveling east.
Providence Church, when first organized, 1832-33, was a log building on the south side of the road. Two acres were donated by David Lowe for a church and school (Providence Academy). This land is now between two of the canyons. The present building . . . — — Map (db m12146) HM
Near this place Rev. David Walker Lowe built a home for his wife Jane Dorsey not long after 1825. He had been a Methodist circuit rider in the S. C. conference, later in the Ga. conference. Born July 22, 1794 in Warren Co., Ga., he was organizer and . . . — — Map (db m15737) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (County Route 145) at Broad Street (Georgia Route 27), on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
This building was erected in 1831 in NW Lumpkin to house the “Stewart County Academy,” the first academy in the county. In 1842, it became the “Lumpkin Independent Academy” for boys only, owned by local stockholders. In 1841, . . . — — Map (db m46660) HM
On Forsyth Street (entrance to Westville Village), 0.4 miles east of Westville Village Museum Store.
Westville Symposium
On October 12, 1973 an informal group of fifty persons, having an interest in several areas of academic research, met at Westville's Yellow Creek campmeeting tabernacle for a three day symposium to discuss a subject of . . . — — Map (db m21857) HM
