Historical Marker

Textile and Banking Pioneer

Columbus · Muscogee County · Erected 1955

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The Story

Mill owner and banker G. Gunby Jordan helped industrialize Columbus and pushed practical vocational education. A worker's spilled savings inspired him to found the bank that became Synovus in 1888.

About this site

Textile and Banking Pioneer 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 32.5093, -84.9698 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Greater Beallwood Baptist Church Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include St. Elmo, Secondary Industrial School, and Secondary Industrial School.

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

📍 32.5093, -84.9698 · Columbus, Muscogee County

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