The "Haunted" Pillar of the Lower Market-CDms-Richmond Co
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Sprinterman
N 33° 28.378 W 081° 57.526
17S E 410915 N 3704133
on the median at 5th and Broad Streets, Augusta
Waymark Code: WM7A3T
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2009
Views: 9
On this site stood The Lower Market. Fire destroyed an early structure in 1829. The rebuilt market, with its bell that could be heard thorughout the city, was a center of agricultural and livestock trade. A freakish, cyclone blasted the structure in 1878 and local citizens moved the only column left standing to its presetn location at 5th (Central) and Broad Streets. According to local tradition, a wandering `exhorter` predicted that anyone who pulled down the pillar would be struck dead by lightning.
Although the city rebuilt the market, it no longer proved useful and in 1891, the market was dismantled.
Type of Marker: Highway
Date: 1996
Sponsor: The Reverend Pierre Robert Chapter National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
Marker #: Not listed
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