United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Smithsonia, 32.80347, -83.56824United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794United States, Georgia, Oglethorpe County, 33.88065, -83.08071990Phinizy Spalding stands in front of a restoration project in Smithsonia. Spalding founded the Historic Cobbham Foundation and was active in the National and Georgia Trusts for Historic Preservation and the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation.Photograph of Phinizy Spalding standing in front of a restoration project in Smithsonia, Georgia. He leans against a wire fence, and the dilapidated two-story structure sits behind him. As a professor of history at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, Spalding emerged as the nation's leading scholar on James Oglethorpe. He was also an influential leader in historic preservation efforts in Athens and across Georgia.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/phinizy-spalding-1930-1994Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/phinizy-spalding-1930-1994Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaCollege teachers--Georgia--AthensScholars--Georgia--AthensBuildings--Georgia--SmithsoniaHistoric buildings--Georgia--SmithsoniaFences--Georgia--SmithsoniaUniversity of Georgia--FacultyAuthors, American--Georgia--AthensSpalding, PhinizyPhinizy SpaldingStillImage