Historical Marker

Eagle & Phenix Mills

Columbus · Muscogee County · Erected 1955

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The Story

Built as the Eagle Mill in 1851, this textile plant clothed Confederate armies until Federal troops burned it in 1865. Reborn in 1866 as the Eagle & Phenix, it grew into one of the South's largest textile producers.

About this site

Eagle & Phenix Mills is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1955. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.4700, -84.9948 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Tarver, C.B., Building (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Silver's Five and Dime Store--H.L. Green Co., Ledger-Enquirer Building, and Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church South.

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

📍 32.4700, -84.9948 · Columbus, Muscogee County

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