- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- The Elms (Side 1) historical marker
- Creator:
- Hooks, Byron
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Muscogee County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Columbus - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 1846 Buena Vista Road, Columbus
Text of marker: "THE ELMS. In 1844, Lambert Spencer built a simple Greek Revival home detailed with Doric columns and acanthus leaves. In 1868, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bowers enlarged and beautified the home. Mr. Bowers added two hexagonal wings and hired an itinerant painter to paint three ceiling frescoes. Mrs. Bowers, with the help of an English gardener, laid out a formal butterfly-shaped garden. The kitchen was a separate building, joined to the house by a covered porch. Other outbuildings included a two-story servant house, smokehouse, well, wash house, barn and cow shed. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. (Continued on other side)ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION, MRS. MAXWELL C. HARDEN AND THE HISTORIC COLUMBUS FOUNDATION, INC. 2004." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-elms-side-1
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-elms-side-1
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
