United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.23211850/1950Midway. Thalian Hall built by Thalian Society, a literary society, at Oglethorpe University, located about 2 miles south of Milledgeville. It was built in late 1850s by Joseph Lane. It was used as a dormitory; Sidney Lanier occupied a room. During the Civil War, it housed wounded Confederate soldiers. In 1890 Dr. Henry Dawson Allen purchased the University property and established Allen's Invalid Home.image/jpeghttp://american-south.org/http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/Oglethorpe University--BuildingsArchitecture--Georgia--MilledgevilleEducation--Georgia--MilledgevilleLanier, Sidney, 1842-1881--Homes and haunts[Photograph of Thalian Hall, Midway, Baldwin County, Georgia ]StillImage