Birthplace of Mildred Lewis Rutherford, Lit D.

Born here in 1851, Mildred Lewis Rutherford led Athens's Lucy Cobb Institute and, as the Confederacy's historian general, became the leading promoter of the Lost Cause narrative across the South.

Birthplace of Mildred Lewis Rutherford, Lit D. is a historical marker in Athens, Athens-Clarke County, erected in 1936. It is one of 105 historical markers documented in Athens-Clarke County, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9449, -83.3795 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is R. Chappelle Matthews (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Georgia Museum of ART, Old Indian Trail, and The University of Georgia.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.