T.J. Carter/Jeff Williams

T.J. Carter/Jeff Williams. . , T.J. Carter , Builder and Businessman, 1880s-early 1900s , T.J. Carter was a prolific contractor and builder who worked in and around Savannah. According to a 1914 article in The Savannah Tribune, Carter was a native of the city. He graduated from Hampton Institute in 1888 after being trained in carpentry. He was a philanthropist who was featured with his family in the social column of the Savannah Tribune, a Deacon at Beth Eden Baptist Church, and President of the Commonwealth Loan and Realty Company, with offices located on West Broad Street. Although Carter and his family were upper-middle class, enjoying travel and entertaining, they would not have been able to take pleasure in the structures and facilities he built for the White resort community on Tybee Island. , , Some of Carter's larger projects on Tybee included beach cottages for John Butler and several structures at both The German Club and The Sea Breeze Hotel. The Tybee Island Historical Society is actively working to identify existing examples of his craftsmanship., Jeff Williams , Headwaiter, Hotel Tybee, 1910s , In 1911, Jeff Williams was headwaiter for Hotel Tybee. As a manager at a popular resort, Williams would be responsible for hiring, training, and supervising the waitstaff in his employ as well as for managing an elaborate dining facility that catered to wealthy White tourists and guests., (captions) , Interior Lobby of Hotel Tybee, circa 1910. , Promotional Image of the Sea Breeze Hotel. Courtesy of Richard V. Byrd , Savannah Tribune, May 13, 1911. , Savannah Tribune, October 3, 1914.