Historical Marker

Alice Dugged Cary

Atlanta · Fulton County · Erected 1996

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The Story

Educator Alice Dugged Cary led Morris Brown College and founded Atlanta's first free kindergartens for Black children, then in 1921 became the first librarian of the Auburn Carnegie Library, the city's first open to African Americans.

About this site

Alice Dugged Cary is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 1996. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.7555, -84.3769 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Prince Hall Masonic Lodge (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Soul Food Row, Wheat Street Baptist Church, and Hanley's Funeral Home.

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

📍 33.7555, -84.3769 · Atlanta, Fulton County

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