Sidney Lanier Cottage House Museum
935 High St
MaconGA31201
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- Sunday
- Closed
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- 10:00am-4:00pm
- Friday
- 10:00am-4:00pm
- Saturday
- 10:00am-4:00pm
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Sidney Lanier Cottage House Museum can be found at High St 935. The following is offered: Tourist Attractions. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In MacOn there are 7 other Tourist Attractions. An overview can be found here.
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The Sidney Lanier Cottage House Museum is the birthplace of noted poet, musician and soldier, Sidney Lanier.
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Perhaps best known for his poems "The Marshes of Glynn" and "Song of the Chattahoochee," Lanier was also a renowned musician, as he was first chair flute in the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in Baltimore for seven seasons. Furthermore, Lanier received a federal commission to compose a Cantata for the Centenniel celebration of the United States in 1876 in Philadelphia. Please join us for a guided...
Sidney Lanier, the famous poet and musician of the Old South, was born in 1842 in this tidy Victorian cottage that is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. His desk, furnishings, writings, instruments, and personal effects are on display and the house is the headquarters for the Middle Georgia Historical Society.
