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It is also the name of a historical plantation listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] Smithonia is reported in the database of the NRHP as the nearest community to Howard's Covered Bridge, three miles away. The nearest city is Comer. Smithonia, near Athens, was founded and named by Georgia State Senator James Monroe ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
His plantation, Smithonia, covered square miles. [2] His property included a railroad to connect his farm with the Georgia Railroad. [2] He served in the Georgia State Legislature's house and senate and ran for governor in 1906 but did not win. [2] He was a bachelor. [2] He died on his plantation in Colbert, Georgia on December 11, 1915.
Powers was born into slavery in 1837 near Athens, Georgia. She is believed to have spent her early life on a plantation as a slave, owned by John and Nancy Lester in Madison County and learned to sew from other slaves or from her female enslaver. [3] In 1855, at the age of eighteen, Powers married Armstead Powers. [3]
Two more Smithsonian museums are located in New York City and one is located in Chantilly, Virginia. The Smithsonian also holds close ties with over 200 museums in all 50 states, as well as Panama and Puerto Rico. [1] These museums are known as Smithsonian Affiliates. Collections of artifacts are given to these museums in the form of long-term ...
Melania Trump and her designer, Hervé Pierre, have chosen to present her inaugural gown to the Smithsonian Institution. The president dances with his wife at the Liberty Inaugural Ball on Jan. 20 ...
The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee is the area’s luxury lakefront resort. The Reynolds Lake Oconee community also encompasses vacation rentals and nearly 150 real estate listings for eager ...
Whitney Plantation: St. John the Baptist Parish: Louisiana: 2014 [166] Willam V. Banks Broadcast Museum Detroit: Michigan: 2017 [167] Zion Union Heritage Museum: Hyannis: Massachusetts: 2008 [168] Zora Neale Hurston Museum of Fine Arts: Eatonville: Florida: 2017 [169] Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery: Minneapolis Minnesota ...