Dr. Marion Luther Brittain, Sr., House

Built for one of Georgia's most renown educators, the Dr. Marion Luther Brittain, Sr., House is a good example of the Neoclassical Revival Style.

Dr. Brittain (1866-1953) was State school superintendent from 1910 to 1922. During this time he saw ...

Marion Bayard Folsom

Marion Folsom, business leader and civil servant, was born on this site on November 23, 1893. In 1914 he joined the Eastman Kodak Company where he helped design one of the nation's first company sponsored retirement insurance plans. Appointed by ...

National Historic Landmark - Will Marion Cook House

National Historic Landmark - Will Marion Cook House

This was the home (1918-1944) of the early 20th-century African-American composer, songwriter and orchestra conductor whom Duke Ellington called -The master of all masters of our people-.

Although he was classically trained, Cook turned ...

Home of Clarence Marion

Clarence Marion was Sebring's first black principal and the principal of the E.O. Douglass School. The property is being restored to serve as a museum and community center.

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Marion County Museum of History

This museum houses collections relating to the history of Marion County. There are exhibits on Marion County's original inhabitants from 12,000 years ago through Spanish contact. There are also displays of authentic reproductions of Seminole clothing from the Seminole War ...

J. Marion Sims

J. Marion Sims 1813 1883 Where the love of man is there also is love of the art. Hippocrates

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The first surgeon of the ages in ministry to women treating alike empress and slave

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He founded the science of gynecology ...

Francis Marion Reflections

During the American Revolution, 1780, General Marion and the men of his Brigade pushed back the British forces in the Black and Santee River Basins. It is unlikely that they thought they would be remembered by future generations. It may ...

Marion Harland

(12 Dec. 1830-3 June, 1922)

Born Mary Virginia Hawes at Dennisville about eight miles south, Harland was a prolific author, producing a syndicated newspaper column for women, many short stories, 25 novels, 25 volumes on domestic life, and 12 books on ...

The Marion Engineer Depot

Side A:

Early in 1942, during World War II, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers acquired 640 acres along two miles of U. S. Route 30 South (now State Route 309) from ten landowners. By June 11 of that year, ...

Camp Marion, World War II Prisoners of War

1944 - 1946

Side A:

This site was once a twenty-four acre camp for Prisoners of War established on the grounds of the Marion Engineer Depot. The Depot was a major supply and logistics site of the U.S. Army Engineers during World ...