LaFayette Visits Augusta

In March 1825 the aging Revolutionary hero Lafayette was feted in Augusta with festivities surpassing even Washington's 1791 reception, lodged at the Planter's Hotel that once stood here before burning in 1839.

LaFayette Visits Augusta is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County, erected in 1962. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.4772, -81.9684 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Marquis de Lafayette Visited Augusta In March, 1825. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Broad Street Artists ROW, Morris Museum of ART, and General James Edward Oglethorpe.

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