LAWTON MEMORIAL
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N 32° 03.745 W 081° 05.900
17S E 490718 N 3547358
LAWTON MEMORIAL
Located at Anderson Street and Bull Street.
Waymark Code: WMWBG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2006
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This building was constructed in 1897-98 as a memorial to General Alexander R. Lawton (1818-96) and his daughter, Corinne (1844-77). It was used as a public space for cultural, educational and civic purposes until the 1930s. After serving in the Georgia House of Representatives and as President of Georgia and Atlantic Railroad, Lawton served as Brigadier General and Quartermaster-General of the Confederacy, as Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, and as fifth President of the American Bar Association. Chartered in 1907, St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church acquired the building as its sanctuary in 1941.
ERECTED BY THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND ST. PAUL'S GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHS 025-6
Date: None
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Society
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