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Lanier (other)
Lanier is a surname, after which various places, schools, etc, are named. People * Lanier (surname), list of people with the name Places in the United States * Lanier, Florida * Lanier, Georgia * Lanier County, Georgia * Lake Lanier, an artificial lake on the Chattahoochee River, Georgia * Lanier Mansion, Madison, Indiana, home of James F. D. Lanier Schools in the United States * Lanier Middle School (Houston), Houston, Texas * Lanier Middle School (Buford, Georgia), Buford, Georgia * Lanier Middle School (Fairfax, Virginia), Fairfax, Virginia * Sidney Lanier High School, Montgomery, Alabama * Lanier High School (Austin, Texas), Austin, Texas * Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi), Jackson, Mississippi * Lanier High School, Macon, Georgia (now part of Central High School) * Lanier University, a short-lived Baptist then KKK-run university in Atlanta, Georgia * Lanier Technical College Lanier Technical College (LTC or Lanier Tech) is a public technical college with mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanier (surname)
Lanier is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alex Lanier (born 2005), French badminton player * Allen Lanier (1946–2013), American musician and original member of the band Blue Öyster Cult * Anthony Lanier (born 1993), American football player * Aubrey Lanier (1888–1936), American college football player * Bob Lanier (politician) (1925–2014), American politician * Bob Lanier (1948–2022), American basketball player and coach * Carlotta Walls LaNier (born 1942), one of nine African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 * Cathy Lanier (born 1967), Chief of Police, Washington, D.C. * Charles D. Lanier (1837–1926), American banker and railroad executive * Chloe Lanier (21st century), American actress * Clement Lanier (died 1661), English musician * Don Lanier (1936–2014), American songwriter and composer * Emilia Lanier (1569–1645), English poet * Farris Lanier Jr. (1949–2019), American R&B-funk singer, member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanier, Florida
Lanier was platted in 1886 by Colonel Thomas C. Lanier. The 1895 census shows a population of 87 persons along with a post office, express office and a railroad depot. However, the town was abandoned shortly thereafter when dual freezes wiped out the citrus crop in the area. The official plat of the town can be found in Plat Book 1, Page 22 (lower half of the page) of Sumter County and is titled "The Infant Town of Florida, Map of Orange Bend." In 1887 Lanier became part of Lake County. Col. Lanier purchased the land from Hubbard Hart, who had purchased it from the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida. The plat consists of 35 lots and also contains the following advertisement: ''Situated Five miles from Leesburg. Offers Special Inducements of the new extension of the Florida Southern Railway to the Settlers as Follows:'' ''Large bodies of the richest drained prairie Land bordering Lake Griffin. Best possible track farming insuring great crops and freedom from drought. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanier, Georgia
Lanier is an unincorporated community in Bryan County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located about 4 miles east of Pembroke, Georgia, where Georgia Route 204 ends at U.S. Route 280. There is a monument for J.O. Bacon at this intersection. History A post office called Lanier was established in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955. The community was named for Clement Lanier Clement Lanier was an English musician and recorder player. He was the son of Nicholas Lanier, the Elder and Lucretia Bassano, and hence uncle of Nicholas Lanier, the artist-musician. Clement Lanier was born circa 1580-85 in England, and was bu ..., an English classical musician. References Unincorporated communities in Bryan County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) {{BryanCountyGA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanier County, Georgia
Lanier County is a county in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,078. The county seat and only incorporated municipality is Lakeland. The county is named after the Georgia poet Sidney Lanier. Lanier County is part of the Valdosta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lanier shares Moody Air Force Base with Lowndes County on its western boundary. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a area of , of which is land and (7.3%) is water. The vast majority of Lanier County is in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. Just a narrow section of the western border of the county, northeast and southeast of Ray City, is in the Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin, and a very narrow section of the eastern border of Lanier County is in the Upper Suwannee River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin. Major highways * U.S. Route 84 * U.S. Route 129 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Lanier
Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River. The lake encompasses or of water, and of shoreline at normal level, a "full pool" of above mean sea level and the exact shoreline varies by resolution according to the coastline paradox. Named for poet Sidney Lanier, it was built and is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control and water supplies. Its construction destroyed more than of farmland and displaced more than 250 families, 15 businesses, and relocated 20 cemeteries along with their corpses in the process. It is patrolled by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR), as well as local law enforcement. The states of Georgia, Alabama and Florida all have rights to the water of the reservoir, as it feeds rivers going through those areas. The Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanier Mansion
The Lanier Mansion is a historic house located at 601 West First Street in the Madison Historic District of Madison, Indiana. Built by wealthy banker James F. D. Lanier in 1844, the house was declared a State Memorial in 1926, and remains an important landmark in Madison to the present day. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994 as one of the nation's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture. History James Franklin Doughty Lanier was one of Madison's pioneers moving to the city in 1817 where he later practiced law. In the 1830s, he turned to banking and finance becoming the president of the Madison Branch of the State Bank of Indiana and a major investor in Indiana's first railroad. With his financial success, Lanier commissioned in 1840 prominent local architect Francis Costigan to design and build a residence for the sum of $25,000. Costigan designed the mansion in the Greek Revival style, popular in the mid 19th-century, drawing from the pattern book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanier Middle School (Houston)
Bob Lanier Middle School, formerly Sidney Lanier Junior High School/Middle School, is a middle school (lower secondary school) in Houston, Texas, United States, with a ZIP code of 77098. Lanier, a school of the Houston Independent School District (HISD), handles grades 6 through 8. Named after former mayor of Houston Bob Lanier, the school is located in Neartown and near Montrose and has both neighborhood non-magnet and Vanguard/ IBMYP (of the International Baccalaureate) gifted/talented programs. Lanier's neighborhood program serves Montrose, Afton Oaks, Boulevard Oaks, River Oaks, Southampton, and other communities. History The school was originally going to be designated Abraham Lincoln School, but after criticism from veterans of the U.S. Civil War who fought for the Confederate States of America, the name was changed prior to opening to Sidney Lanier, a Confederate soldier who later became recognized as the "Poet of the Confederacy". As of 2014, there were at least ten hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanier Middle School (Buford, Georgia)
The Gwinnett County Public School District is a school district operating in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. GCPS is the largest school system in Georgia,Gwinnett County Public Schools , Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce website, accessed August 26, 2011 with over 120 school buildings and an estimated enrollment of over 188,000 students for the 2017–2018 year. GCPS is estimated to be the 14th largest school district in the U.S. The district has its headquarters in an unincorporated area near Suwanee. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanier Middle School (Fairfax, Virginia)
This list of Fairfax County Public Schools middle schools encompasses public middle schools operated by the Fairfax County Public Schools school district of Virginia, United States. One middle school, Johnson Middle School, is located in the city of Fairfax. The others are located in incorporated and unincorporated areas in Fairfax County. Carson Middle School 'Rachel Carson Middle School'' is a middle school in Herndon, Virginia. Carson Middle School is located in Region 1 and feeds into Oakton High School. The school serves students in grades 7 and 8. History Planning for a new middle school began in 1994 when the Fairfax County School Board when discussions began for land acquisition in western Fairfax County for a middle school site. The school was originally designed to house 1,250 students. On May 14, 1998, the Fairfax County School Board voted to name the school after Rachel Carson, an environmentalist and author. Carl Sagan was also one of the finalists as a name f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Lanier High School
Sidney Lanier High School is a public high school in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. History Established in 1910 on the southern outskirts of downtown Montgomery, Alabama, the school was named for a Southern poet, Sidney Lanier, who lived in Montgomery during 1866–67. The high school moved to new facilities in 1929 further to the south. The late Gothic Revival building was constructed 1928–1929 to consolidate the original Lanier (then in a building now known as Baldwin Magnet School, formerly Baldwin Junior High School) and Montgomery County High School (now the Cloverdale campus of Huntingdon College, formerly Cloverdale Junior High School). The name of the new school was decided by the outcome of a football game between the two schools in the fall of 1928, which Lanier won. Frederick Ausfeld was the architect, and Algernon Blair the contractor. The building opened for class in September 1929 and was dubbed "The Million Dollar School" due to its approximate cost. Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanier High School (Austin, Texas)
Juan Navarro Early College High School (formerly Sidney Lanier High School) was established in 1961 as the sixth high school in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) and was originally located in the building which today houses Burnet Middle School. Lanier was named in honor of the famous southern poet Sidney Lanier. The AISD Board of Trustees voted on March 24, 2019, to rename the school Juan Navarro High School. Juan Navarro was a 2007 graduate who died in Afghanistan from an improvised explosive device in July 2012. The current campus, opened in 1966, is located on Payton Gin Road. In 1997, Lanier was nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor a school could receive at the time. When it first opened, Lanier had virtually an all White student base with a highly active FFA chapter, but over the years it has become a primarily Mexican-American school with over 85% of its students being Hispanic. Notable alumni * Tommy Boggs, 1st round draft pick and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi)
Lanier High School is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. The current principal is Valerie Bradley. There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school is 100% African American. History Lanier was founded in 1925 as a junior and senior high school. It was named after William Henry Lanier (1855–1929), who was superintendent of black schools in Jackson from 1912 until his death. Due to segregation, Lanier was reserved for black students until 1969, when Jackson schools were integrated by law. Feeder pattern The following schools feed into Lanier High School. *Middle schools **Brinkley Middle School *Elementary schools **Dawson Elementary School **Galloway Elementary School **Johnson Elementary School **Smith Elementary School **Walton Elementary School Notable alumni *Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
