Since 1891, this statue of Henry W. Grady has stood at the intersection of Marietta Street and Forsyth Street in downtown Atlanta. Grady was born in Athens, Ga. in 1850 and died 49 years later (1889) in Atlanta.
Grady was an influential editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper in the 1880s. An aggressive promoter of Atlanta's economic growth in the years following the Civil War, Grady coined the term the New South to describe his belief in the region's need for industrial development in the years following the Civil War. Both Grady Hospital and Grady High School are named in his honor.
Date: 12/04/51
Date: 03/26/05
On March 29, 2008 I went on a walking tour conducted by the Atlanta Preservation Center. The tour's focus was on Atlanta's earliest business district and the railroads. Also on the tour was Henry W. Grady's great grandson, who was kind enough to pose in front of his great grandfather's statue for a photo.
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The bronze statue of Grady cost $20,000 and was paid for by donations from all over the country, is located at the intersection of Marietta and Forsyth Streets.
His daughter Gussie Grady unveiled the statue in 1892 before a crowd of 25,000.
