Old City Cemetery (Linwood Cemetery), Columbus, GA
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N 32° 28.585 W 084° 58.955
16S E 689580 N 3595037
Linwood Cemetery, Linwood Blvd & 7th Ave, Columbus, GA.
Waymark Code: WM3AC2
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2008
Views: 21
This is a large, historic cemetery located in Columbus, GA. There are several thousand graves located in this cemetery. There are also 3 historic markers located at the cemetery. Refer to the Ga. Historic Marker waymarks for more information.
A part of the 1828 plan of Columbus, Linwood contains graves of pioneer citizens and their descendents, as well as the tombs of some 200 Confederate soldiers. Among those buried here are Anna Caroline Benning (1853-1935), who formed the `Columbus Committee` of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia; General Henry L. Benning (1814-1875), Confederate leader for whom the military post was named; industrialist and philanthropist W.C. Bradley (1863-1947); Dr. Edwin DeGraffenried (1798-1871), one of the city`s original five commissioners; Noble Leslie DeVotie (1838-1861), Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity founder; Helen Augusta Howard (1865-1934), founder of the Georgia Woman Suffrage Association; Ulysses Lewis (1799-1856), city`s first intendant and kinsman of George Washington; pharmacist John S. Pemberton (1831-1888), originator of the formula for Coca-Cola; the Reverend Dr. Lovick Pierce (1785-1879), the `Nestor of Southern Methodism`; Philip T. Shutze (1890-1982), 20th century neo-classical architect; Springer Opera House founder Francis J. Springer (1834-1882); and physician-poet Francis O. Ticknor (1822-1874). Named for Ernest Linwood (1856), a novel by Caroline Lee Hentz, the cemetery was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Street address: Linwood Blvd Columbus, GA USA 31901
County / Borough / Parish: Muscogee County
Year listed: 1980
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1825-1849
Historic function: Funerary / Cemetery
Current function: Funerary / Cemetery
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2008 To: 12/31/2008
Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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