Valdosta Institute - Lowndes Co., GA
N 30° 49.848 W 083° 16.975
17R E 281647 N 3413080
The Valdosta Institute marker is located on Central Avevue (US Highway 84) across the road from the old Carnegie Library in Valdosta, Georgia, in Lowndes County.
Waymark Code: WM4NRE
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2008
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The marker text reads as follows:
S. M. VARNEDOE WAS ADMINISTRATOR OF A TEN-GRADE PRIVATE SCHOOL. THE VALDOSTA INSTITUTE, 1885 – 70. FAMOUS AMONG ITS STUDENTS WAS J. H. “DOC” HOLIDAY. THE MASONS AND SEVERAL CHURCHES ALSO USED THE INSTITUTE AS A MEETING PLACE. AFTER THE PURCHASE IN 1885, OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE WELLS ESTATE, A NEW BRICK BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED. IN 1895 THE VALDOSTA INSTITUTE BECAME A PUBLIC SCHOOL. THE BRICK BUILDING CONTINUED TO HOUSE SECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL UNTIL IT WAS RAZED IN 1958.
The marker was placed by The Valdosta Town Committee.