Image Credit: Gregg Fischer
Year Erected: 1957
Marker Text:The town of Waverly Hall was named by its first postmaster, William Osborne, in 1829. Around 1827, Mt. Zion Methodist Church was built one and a half miles east of here on the Old Indian Trail and Stagecoach Road, a main thoroughfare which ran from the Flint River to the Chattahoochee River. In 1896 the church was moved into town. I. H. Pitts & Sons, established in 1869, became the first mercantile establishment in Harris County. In about 1840, William and Virginia Foster opened the nearby “Foster School.” Taught by James G. Calhoun, the school attracted boarding students from Georgia and Alabama. The Waverly Hall Baptist Church was first organized in 1893 by Reverend J. W. Cline. Today, Waverly Hall is part of the greater Columbus Metropolitan Area.
Tips for Finding This Marker: Located at the intersection of Hwy 85 and Kenimer St., along the walking trail in Waverly Hall.
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