Historical Marker

Birthplace of Sidney Lanier

Macon · Bibb County · Erected 1975

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Born in Macon in 1842, Sidney Lanier became one of the South's most celebrated poets, known for musical verse like 'The Marshes of Glynn.' A trained flutist and Confederate veteran, he died young of tuberculosis in 1881.

About this site

Birthplace of Sidney Lanier is a historical marker in Macon, Bibb County, erected in 1975. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Bibb County, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.8372, -83.6362 near Macon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lanier, Sidney, Cottage (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Munroe-Dunlap-Snow House, Goodall House, and Anderson, Judge Clifford, House.

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

📍 32.8372, -83.6362 · Macon, Bibb County

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