St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Broad Street
Fort Frederica National Monument
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 22, 2013
1. Broad Street Marker
"The town is divided into several ? streets along ? sides are planted orange trees London Magazine 1745
Imagine a typical day here on Broad Street in the early 1740s. Women worked in fenced gardens. Children played in the streets. Soldiers visited taverns and dealt with tradesmen, and Indians who brought in game. The inhabitants numbered one thousand.
Broad Street was Frederica's main avenue, leading from the town gate to the fort. Some of Frederica's most prosperous citizens built their houses of brick and tabby here, side by side with the wood houses and thatched huts of less wealthy freeholders.
In some respects, Frederica resembled a typical English town, but it was only a small island of British civilization on the edge of the great American wilderness.
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Broad Street as it may have looked from here in the early 1740s when Frederica was in its prime.
Erected by National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Forts and Castles • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1745.
Location. 31° 13.422′ N, 81° 23.4′ W. Marker is on St. Simons
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Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain, on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles, and on the Sea Islands. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Defender (a few steps from this marker); The Town Wall (a few steps from this marker); The Flesh Market (within shouting distance of this marker); Frederica (within shouting distance of this marker); The World Is My Parish (within shouting distance of this marker); Shoemaker and Soldier (within shouting distance of this marker); Tavernkeepers (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Frederica (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Simons Island.
Also see . . . Fort Frederica National Monument. (Submitted on November 15, 2013.)
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 22, 2013
2. Broad Street Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, September 22, 2013
3. Historic artifacts discovered in Frederica
Marker is located in Fort Frederica National Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 625 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 14, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
