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Tabby

Tabby was the building material for walls, floors, and roofs widely used throughout coastal Georgia during the Military and Plantation Eras. It was composed of equal parts of sand, lime oyster...

Tabby was the building material for walls, floors, and roofs widely used throughout coastal Georgia during the Military and Plantation Eras. It was composed of equal parts of sand, lime oyster...

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Major William Horton

Born in England Came to Georgia in 1736 Died at Savannah in 1748 These are the remains of Hoton´s tabby house. Major Horton of Oglethorpe´s Regiment, the first English resident of Jekyll Island,...

Born in England Came to Georgia in 1736 Died at Savannah in 1748 These are the remains of Hoton´s tabby house. Major Horton of Oglethorpe´s Regiment, the first English resident of Jekyll Island,...

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JEKYLL ISLAND 9 MI. LONG, 1-1/4 MI. WIDE, 11 MI. OF BEACH.

Jekyll Island, Indian hunting and fishing ground, private stronghold held by Spain for more than a century from 1566, was named by Oglethorpe to honor his friend, Sir Joseph Jekyll, who, with Lady...

Jekyll Island, Indian hunting and fishing ground, private stronghold held by Spain for more than a century from 1566, was named by Oglethorpe to honor his friend, Sir Joseph Jekyll, who, with Lady...

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Gascoigne Bluff

Throughout the ages Gascoigne Bluff has been the gateway to St. Simons Island. An Indian village was located here. Capt. James Gascoigne of HM Sloop-of-was, HAWK, which convoyed the Frederica...

Throughout the ages Gascoigne Bluff has been the gateway to St. Simons Island. An Indian village was located here. Capt. James Gascoigne of HM Sloop-of-was, HAWK, which convoyed the...

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Gascoigne Bluff

Throughout the ages Gascoigne Bluff has been the gateway to St. Simons Island. An Indian village was located here. Capt. James Gascoigne of HM Sloop-of-was, HAWK, which convoyed the Frederica...

Throughout the ages Gascoigne Bluff has been the gateway to St. Simons Island. An Indian village was located here. Capt. James Gascoigne of HM Sloop-of-was, HAWK, which convoyed the...

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Lanier's Oak

During his visits to Brunswick in the 1870´s Sidney Lanier, Georgia´s greatest poet, frequently sat beneath this live oak tree and looked out over ´a world of marsh that borders a world of sea.´...

During his visits to Brunswick in the 1870´s Sidney Lanier, Georgia´s greatest poet, frequently sat beneath this live oak tree and looked out over ´a world of marsh that borders a world of...

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Mark Carr

Brunswick´s first settler came to Georgia in 1738 with Oglethorpe´s regiment. He was granted 500 acres at this place, on which he established his plantation. Several tabby buildings erected by him...

Brunswick´s first settler came to Georgia in 1738 with Oglethorpe´s regiment. He was granted 500 acres at this place, on which he established his plantation. Several tabby buildings erected by...

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Needwood Baptist Church and Needwood School

Needwood Baptist Church was organized in 1866 on nearby Broadfield Plantation as Broadfield Baptist Church of the Zion Baptist Association. This structure, built in the 1870s, was redesigned in...

Needwood Baptist Church was organized in 1866 on nearby Broadfield Plantation as Broadfield Baptist Church of the Zion Baptist Association. This structure, built in the 1870s, was redesigned...

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Glascock County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 19, 1857, is named for Gen. Thomas Glascock who served in the War of 1812 and the Seminole War. He was a Speaker of the Georgia House of...

This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 19, 1857, is named for Gen. Thomas Glascock who served in the War of 1812 and the Seminole War. He was a Speaker of the Georgia House...

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Home of Chief Whitepath

Home of the Cherkee Indian Chief Whitepath stood from 1800-1992, 338 yards S.W. of the marker. Aaron Pinson born Feb. 5 1784 lived here from 1838 until his death Dec. 7th 1843. Plaque courtesy...

Home of the Cherkee Indian Chief Whitepath stood from 1800-1992, 338 yards S.W. of the marker. Aaron Pinson born Feb. 5 1784 lived here from 1838 until his death Dec. 7th 1843. Plaque...

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Cartecay Methodist Church

This church, Cartecay Methodist (South), was organized and a building erected in August 1834 on the property of Lewis D. Ellington. The first preacher was William Ellington, ordained in 1803 by...

This church, Cartecay Methodist (South), was organized and a building erected in August 1834 on the property of Lewis D. Ellington. The first preacher was William Ellington, ordained in 1803 by...

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Gilmer County

Gilmer County was created by Act of Dec. 3, 1832 out of Cherokee. Originally, it contained parts of Fannin, Dawson and Pickens Counties. The county was named for George Rockingham Gilmer...

Gilmer County was created by Act of Dec. 3, 1832 out of Cherokee. Originally, it contained parts of Fannin, Dawson and Pickens Counties. The county was named for George Rockingham...

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Ebenezer Baptist Church

This church was established August 24, 1839 by 7 people (Samuel B. West, his wife, Nancy; Jacob Bearden, his wife, Winey; Wm. Kimzey, his wife Rebecca; John Petit), while some Indians remined in...

This church was established August 24, 1839 by 7 people (Samuel B. West, his wife, Nancy; Jacob Bearden, his wife, Winey; Wm. Kimzey, his wife Rebecca; John Petit), while some Indians remined in...

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Oakland Academy

The educational center for this ection for years, Oakland Academy was established in 1867, following the War Between the States, by Nathan T. Tabor and John E. Robeson, first teacher. Originally a...

The educational center for this ection for years, Oakland Academy was established in 1867, following the War Between the States, by Nathan T. Tabor and John E. Robeson, first teacher. Originally...

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Ashby Heights - 3 Ashby Street

The Ashby Heights community was envisioned by entrepreneur Heman Perry, whose financial empire included Standard Life Insurance, one of the nation´s first Black-owned legal reserve life insurance...

The Ashby Heights community was envisioned by entrepreneur Heman Perry, whose financial empire included Standard Life Insurance, one of the nation´s first Black-owned legal reserve life insurance...

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Williams Tavern

In 1944, Helen and ´Nish´ Williams opened Williams Tavern on Hunter Street. The restaurants "Blue Dining Room" featured the house specialty, southern fried chicken. Nish Williams was an...

In 1944, Helen and ´Nish´ Williams opened Williams Tavern on Hunter Street. The restaurants "Blue Dining Room" featured the house specialty, southern fried chicken. Nish Williams was...

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The Social Building

Built in 1924, the Social Building was one of the first modern brick buildings constructed under street, and, now called Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The building housed several establishments...

Built in 1924, the Social Building was one of the first modern brick buildings constructed under street, and, now called Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The building housed several...

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The Ragland Residence

Residences and businesses develop side-by-side on Hunter Street, whose evolution is reflected in this building´s age, style, and historical use. One of the street´s oldest surviving structure,...

Residences and businesses develop side-by-side on Hunter Street, whose evolution is reflected in this building´s age, style, and historical use. One of the street´s oldest surviving...

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The Walker sisters

The Walker sisters, Mary and Bessie, and their nieces were prominent African American businesswomen in the Hunter Street neighborhood from the mid-1930s until the 1980s. In addition to two...

The Walker sisters, Mary and Bessie, and their nieces were prominent African American businesswomen in the Hunter Street neighborhood from the mid-1930s until the 1980s. In addition to two...

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Benjamin Mays 1895 - 1984

The son of a Southern tenant farmer, Benjamin Mays was educated at Bates College in Main and at the University of Chicago. An ordained Baptist minister, Mays began his Atlanta career as pastor of...

The son of a Southern tenant farmer, Benjamin Mays was educated at Bates College in Main and at the University of Chicago. An ordained Baptist minister, Mays began his Atlanta career as pastor of...

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