Site of Fort Gaines Female College-GHM 030-8-Clay Co
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Sprinterman
N 31° 36.444 W 085° 03.231
16R E 684619 N 3498563
Jefferson Street, Fort Gaines
Waymark Code: WMBVRN
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2011
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In 1857, the Legislature authorized a lottery to complete this college, chartered in 1838 as Fort Gaines Female Institute. It was finished in 1859. Sereno Taylor was the first principal, followed by John W. Grant. The large college building was used for a "tax - in - kind" depot for storage of one-tenth of all food and wool raised - for the support of the Confederate soldiers distributed contents of this and two other local warehouse to families in this area before Federal troops arrived. Used for a lime as barracks for Federal soldiers, it became again an important educational center. The school closed after an epidemic of typhoid fever.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 030-8
Date: 1957
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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