Shiloh Baptist Church
Shiloh Baptist Church is the birthplace of the 1960s Albany Civil Rights Movement. Here, mass meetings were held that organized local civil rights marches. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed overflowing crowds from Shiloh's pulpit.

To accomodate the crowd, the church accross the street, Old Mt. Zion Baptist Church which is now the Civil Rights Museum, was used as an overflow area. Shiloh is still a functioning Missionary Baptist Church. A trail of footprints originating in front of the church and ending at the Albany Bus Station, commemorate the Albany civil rights marches which originated at Shiloh and ended with arrest at the bus station. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn

Thronateeska Heritage Center
Thronateeska Heritage Center is keeper of Albany and Southwest Georgia history. Thronateeska, which means giving forth, is the name the Creek Indians called the Flint River. The Creek Indians inhabited the area which is now Albany, before the city was founded in 1836 by Colonel Nelson Tift.

Located in Downtown Albany's Heritage Plaza, Thronateeska centers around Discovery Depot, a train station built in 1912-13 and constructed in Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style. In accordance with segregation customs of that time period, the depot, originally called Union Station, was built with two separated waiting area, one for Caucasian-Americans and one for African-Americans. Today, Discovery Depot is a popular downtown venue used in full by all. The permanent collections on display at Discovery Center include All My Babies, photographs from the 1950 documentary of the work of Albany Georgia midwife, Mary Coley. This documentary has been used to train medical personnel around the world. Other Thronateeska Heritage Center attractions include Wetherbee Planetarium, Science Discovery Center and the old Tift Grocery Warehouse. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn

United States Post Office – Courthouse
The United States Post Office – Courthouse, built in 1912, is the service site of the first female U. S. Postmaster, Nellie Brimberry, appointed by President William Howard Taft. This 2900 square foot building of Renaissance style, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The second and third floors are the former location of the Court of the United States

Middle District of Georgia (predecesssor of C. B. King United States Courthouse) and the Selective Service Board. The courtroom on the third floor was the site of the 1961 trial and conviction of Preston King, an African-American and native Albanian who refused to honor his military draft because, after finding out he was an African-American, local representatives of the Selective Service Board refused to call him “Mr.” Upon his conviction, Preston fled to England. He returned to the United States in 2000 after being pardoned by President William Jefferson Clinton. Nearest hotel: Hilton Garden Inn