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Founded by the Presbyterian church in 1835 in the Midway community south of town, this college counted scientist Joseph LeConte and poet Sidney Lanier among its people. War and economic ruin forced its 1869 closure; it was reborn in Atlanta in 1913.
Old Oglethorpe University is a historical marker in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, erected in 1994. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Baldwin County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.0548, -83.2461 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Thalian Hall (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Rutherford, John, House, Rockwell, Samuel, House, and Summer Home (of) Governor Herschel V. Johnson.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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