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Albany Bus Station
During the days of segregation, the Albany Bus Station restaurant was off limits to African-Americans. Although African-Americans were the major customers of bus transportation into and out of Albany, they could only purchase and be served food from a small window in the back of the bus station.
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In 1961, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee members and others protested the racial status quo at the Albany Bus Station by seating themselves in the restaurant. Today this bus station is owned by an African-American native Albanian, who provides transit services for Dougherty, Lee, Worth, Terrell and Colquitt Counties. The restaurant, named Divine's Place, is now an African-American owned soul food restaurant. Footprints on the sidewalk on the north side of the bus station commemorate the Albany, Georgia Civil Rights marches of the 1960s. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn
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Bridge House
Bridge House is the only remaining original part of the Flint River bridge that was built in 1858 by Horace King, a slave-born African-American and master bridge builder, who bought his
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freedom by working as a craftsman slave. Bridge House contained the private offices of Albany, Georgia's founder, Colonel Nelson Tift. During the Civil War, the cellar housed food supplies for the Confederate Navy. Bridge House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn
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Broad Avenue Bridge
This concrete and steel bridge spanning the Flint River was built in 1931 as a memorial to Dougherty County veterans of World War I.
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C. B. King United States Courthouse
C. B. King United States Courthouse is named for the late African-American Civil Rights Attorney and Albany, Georgia native Chevene Bowers King.
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C. B. King United States Courthouse is located two blocks away from the original United States Middle District of Georgia Court location: United States Post Office – Courthouse. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn
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Photo by Richard Bivins
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Old St. Teresa Catholic Church
Old St. Teresa Catholic Church is the oldest still functioning church in the state of Georgia. The church was built just before the beginning of the Civil war. The bricks used in building the church were hand made by negro slaves from Baker County. During the Civil War, the church was used as a hospital for Confederate soldiers.
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Mass is celebrated there each Wednesday at 12 noon. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn
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