The Milledgeville Hotel and Oliver Hardy - Baldwin County GHS 5-2
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N 33° 04.802 W 083° 13.601
17S E 292159 N 3662364
Located at the corner of S Wayne St and E Green St, Milledgeville.
Waymark Code: WM4G9K
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2008
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The Milledgeville Hotel and Oliver Hardy
On this corner stood the Milledgeville Hotel built in 1858 while Milledgeville served as Georgia's capital. In 1903 Emily Norvell Hardy took over management of the hotel. She moved into the hotel with her two youngest children, including eleven-year-old Norvell who would later become known to the world as comedian Oliver Hardy. After his mother left Milledgeville in 1910, Oliver Hardy remained to take a job as a projectionist at the city's first movie theater, the Palace, located across the street from the Milledgeville Hotel. It was at the Palace that Oliver Hardy resolved to become an actor in motion pictures.
2004.11 Erected by the Georgia Historical Society 5-2
Type of Marker: Building
Marker #: 5-2
Date: 2004.11
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Society, the Newcomers Club of Milledgeville and Baldwin County, and the City of Milledgeville
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