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Old City Cemetery (Columbus, Georgia)

1828 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)Gothic Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)National Register of Historic Places in Muscogee County, GeorgiaProtected areas of Muscogee County, Georgia
Old City Cemetery
Old City Cemetery

The Old City Cemetery, also known as Linwood Cemetery, is a 28.7-acre (11.6 ha) cemetery on what is now Linwood Boulevard, in Columbus, Georgia. It dates from 1828, when the town of Columbus was founded, or before. It appears in surveyor Edward Lloyd Thomas's original plan for the city. The cemetery consists mostly of rectangular family plots bordered by iron fences or walls made of brick or granite, accessed by a main east-west corridor and perpendicular lanes. It includes both simple and elaborate tombstones, some displaying Egyptian Revival or Gothic styles. The cemetery was given the name "Linwood" in 1894 by city council resolution, probably to honor Columbus author Caroline Lee Hentz whose works include Ernest Linwood, an 1856 book.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.According to its 1978 nomination, the majority of prominent Columbus persons are buried there. Its burials include more than 200 Confederate Army soldiers representing every state in the Confederacy.Thomas's own son was an early burial, as he died and was buried in the cemetery in 1828 while Thomas was amidst his work surveying, but apparently the grounds include earlier marked and unmarked graves of "'early traders, river people, and Indians.'"

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Old City Cemetery (Columbus, Georgia)
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31901 Columbus
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High Uptown Historic District

The High Uptown Historic District, in Columbus, Georgia, is a 20 acres (8.1 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The listing included 39 contributing buildings and 18 non-contributing ones.The district is roughly bounded by 2nd and 3rd Avenues between Railroad and 13th Streets. The district included 24 properties already listed on the National Register, including: Peabody-Warner House, NRHP-listed in 1970 Lion House, NRHP-listed in 1972; Rankin House (c.1860), NRHP-listed in 1972; Illges House (c.1850), NRHP-listed in June 1973; Bullard-Hart House, NRHP-listed in July 1977; House at 1628 3rd Avenue, (reported to be NRHP-listed in April 1979 but no longer or not ever NRHP-listed, has listing code "DR") Building at 1400 3rd Avenue, NRHP-listed in September 1980, Building at 1617 3rd Avenue, NRHP-listed in September 1980, Building at 1619 3rd Avenue, NRHP-listed in September 1980, Building at 1625 3rd Avenue (c.1889), Greek Revival cottage, NRHP-listed in September 1980, Walter Cargill House, NRHP-listed in September 1980, Garrett-Bullock House, NRHP-listed in September 1980, John Paul Illges House, NRHP-listed in September 1980, Methodist Tabernacle, NRHP-listed in September 1980, George Phillips House, NRHP-listed in September 1980, Sixteenth Street School, NRHP-listed in September 1980, Ernest Woodruff House, NRHP-listed in September 1980, Henry Lindsay Woodruff Second House, NRHP-listed in September 1980, Building at 1531 3rd Avenue, NRHP-listed in December 1980, Building at 1519 3rd Avenue, NRHP-listed in December 1980, William L. Cooke House, NRHP-listed in December 1980, Elisha P. Dismukes House, NRHP-listed in December 1980, Isaac Maund House, NRHP-listed in December 1980, Henry Lindsay Woodruff House, NRHP-listed in December 1980.The oldest buildings are the Illges House (c.1850) and the Rankin House (c.1860).