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Built in 1908, this rare cemetery comfort station sheltered Oakland's visitors; its attendant Ida Borders, a Black woman, kept it spotless for white patrons she was barred from using, a stark window into segregated public space, restored in 2019.
Women's Comfort Station is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County. 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 33.7474, -84.3709 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Geography of Race (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Oakland Cemetery, Augusta National Golf Club, and Alfred Iverson, Jr..
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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