Panoramic map of Albany,
Georgia, published in 1885. County seat of Dougherty County, the city
was originally founded by Nelson Tift in 1836. Tift, a merchant and land
speculator, saw the location along the Flint River as ideal for a market
that would serve the newly arriving cotton farmers that were settling
southwest Georgia during this time of expansion, after the United States
acquired the land from the Creek Indians. African American slaves
outnumbered whites during this period as cotton farming increased.
Barges loaded with cotton were shipped down the Flint River to
Apalachicola Bay on the Gulf of Mexico.
In 1857 the first rail
line arrived, allowing the city to cut transport time to the mills in
the northern U. S. and Europe. Nelson Tift was one of the chief
promoters of the railroads in Albany. He also secured ferry and bridge
rights across the Flint River at Albany. The Tift Toll Bridge that is
indexed on the map was designed and built by African American
bridge-builder Horace King. The covered toll bridge and bridge house
still stands in downtown Albany.
This map captures the city as it
appeared twenty years after the Civil War. While many southern cities
experienced devastation and destruction during the war, Albany and
southwest Georgia were largely spared the massive damage other cities
endured.
The map features clearly labeled street names.
Features numbered references to
the following locations:
1. County Court
House and Jail.
2. St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
3. Baptist
Church.
4. Methodist Church.
5. Jewish Synagogue.
6.
Presbyterian Church.
7. Catholic Church.
8. Colored Methodist
Churches.
9. Colored Baptist Churches.
10. Public Schools.
11. Mrs. Sterne's Institute.
12. Post Office.
13. Depots.
14. Artesian House, Cruse Barnes,
Proprietor.
15. Barnes House, M. Crine, Agent
16. Artesian Wells.
17. County Fair Grounds.
18. Skating Rink.
19. Daily News &
Advertiser Office.
20. The Daily Medium Office.
21. Central R. R.
Bank.
22. Grist Mill & Variety Works, J. E. Crawford.
23. Machine
Shop, H. E. Wardwell.
24. J. G. Stephens Grist Mill.
25. J.
Pattison & Sons, Iron & Brass Foundry.
26. John Drinkwater, Pottery &
Machine Shop.
27. The Artesian Ice Manufactory.
28. N. & A. F.
Tift & Co.'s Cotton Warehouses.
29. Wight, Davis & Co.'s Cotton
Warehouse.
30. S. R. Weston, Cotton Factory - Warehouse.
31. N. &
A. F. Tift & Co., Merchants & Cotton Factors.
32. Welch & Agar,
Druggists, Booksellers & Jewelers Wholesale and Retail.
33.
Greenfield & Brown, General Merchandise.
34. Morris Mayer, General
Merchandise & Cotton Dealers.
35. J. Ventulett, Rialto Saloon and
Restaurant.
36. Ed. L. Wight & Co, Insurance.
37. Greer & Floyed,
General Merchandise.
38. Reich & Geiger, General Merchandise.
35.
A. Sterne, Fancy Groceries.
33. B. A. Collier, Agent, Groceries.
39. Sheffield & Bell, Hardware.
40. W. E. Hilsman & Co., Druggists
and Prescriptionists.
41. C. J. Daniel, Books, Stationery, Jewelry,
etc.
42. W. W. Rawlins, Meat Markets.
43. R. Hobbs, Attorney at
Law.
44. Wm. E. Smith, Attorney at Law.
44. W. T. Jones, Attorney
at Law.
45. Jesse W. Walters, Attorney at Law.
46. D. H. Pope,
Attorney at Law.
36. McKenna & Smaw, Saloon and Billiard Parlors.
38. O. F. Gambati, Dentist.
47. Mrs. Sarah W. White, Residence.
48. Fred Lehman, Residence.
49. W. Muse, Residence.
50. Tifts Toll
Bridge.
51. Oil Mill. |
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