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[[Image:Hauntedpillar.jpg|thumb|right|The '''Haunted Pillar''' on Broad Street]] |
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'''The Haunted Pillar''' is all that remains of a farmer's market that once stood at Fifth and [[Broad Street Historic District (Augusta, Georgia)|Broad Street]]s in downtown [[Augusta, Georgia]]. The market stood from 1830 until February 7, 1878, when it was destroyed in a [[tornado]]. |
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According to local legend an attempt to move, destroy the pillar, or even touch it will result in death. |
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According to one story, a preacher who was denied the right to preach there, "... threatened that a great wind would destroy the place except for one pillar and that whoever tried to remove this remaining pillar would be struck dead," according to a person interviewed by ''The Augusta Chronicle'' [http://chronicle.augusta.com/history/pillar.html]. |
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The market was located directly in the middle of Broad Street, and once it was removed Augustans were reluctant to build there again. "Now that the Market House is in ruins, we think it may be opportune to suggest that it never be rebuilt upon the same spot. It was, at best, an unsightly edifice and marred the grand boulevard upon which it was mistakenly located," said an article in ''[[The Augusta Chronicle]]'' a week after the market was destroyed. |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|State of Georgia}} |
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*[[History of Augusta, Georgia]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://chronicle.augusta.com/225/2010-08-29/augusta-still-haunted-tale-cursed-pillar "Augusta Still Haunted by Tale of Cursed Pillar"] ''The Augusta Chronicle'' |
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*[http://www.asylumeclectica.com/asylum/sightseer/us/ga/augusta/pillar.htm The Asylum Eclectica: A Peculiar Pillar] — includes photos |
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{{Augusta, Georgia}} |
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{{Coord|33.472770|N|81.958925|W|source:placeopedia|display=title}} |
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[[Category:History of Augusta, Georgia]] |
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Augusta, Georgia]] |
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[[Category:Folklore of the Southern United States]] |
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