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In the 1850s, Augusta was the site for the trial and hanging of the outlaw James Copeland. [8] In the 1890s, Davis Hawthorne was hanged in Augusta for the murder of his wife. [2] When the Mobile, Jackson, and Kansas City Railroad [9] was constructed 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Augusta, the town was moved to the railroad and developed as New Augusta.
New Augusta is a town in Perry County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 554 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Perry County. [2] New Augusta is located about two miles south of "Old" Augusta, which was the county seat until 1906.
Perry County is part of the Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. Until 1906, the county seat was the old town of Augusta, near the center of the county on the east bank of the Leaf River. At Old Augusta, the outlaw James Copeland was executed by hanging on October 30, 1857. [3] Old Augusta remains a small village today.
San Francisco Exposition Auditorium (1915) San Francisco Civic Auditorium (1916–1992) Address: 99 Grove St San Francisco, CA 94102-4720: Location: Civic Center: Coordinates: Public transit: Civic Center: Owner: City and County of San Francisco: Operator: Another Planet Entertainment
The upper floors of the Veterans Building housed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (formerly the San Francisco Museum of Art) from 1935 to 1994. [2] In 1980 the new Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall opened, on a site on Van Ness across the sidestreet from the Opera House, as part of the SFWMPAC complex.
Notable contributing buildings include the Odd Fellows Building (c. 1890), Hopewell Evangelical Lutheran Church (c. 1859, c. 1880), Salem Lutheran Church (1880), and New Augusta Depot (c. 1890). [2] It is located west of Augusta. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]
In 2008, City Guides celebrated its 30th anniversary with an event held at the Main Library. In City Guides' 30th year, 30,000 walkers attended their tours. In 2012, San Francisco City Guides started a partnership with the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society [1] to provide historical, cultural and architectural walks. [2]
The Old Augusta Railroad (reporting mark OAR) is a 2.5-mile long (4.0 km) shortline railroad that runs from the Georgia-Pacific Leaf River Cellulose pulp mill near the Old Augusta Historic Site in New Augusta, Mississippi to an interchange with the Canadian National Railway (CN) between Mahned, Mississippi and New Augusta. [1]