On January 18,1733, the British galley Anne arrived in Charleston, South Carolina with James Oglethorpe, 144 "sober, moral, and industrious" colonists and provisions to build a new colony south of the Savannah River in Georgia. While the . . . — — Map (db m19545) HM
Savannah's port is one of the busiest in the United States. The terminals that serve the port are only surpassed in East Coast trade volume by the combined ports of New York and New Jersey. Some of the world's largest merchant vessels
bring in . . . — — Map (db m19469) HM
A number of ships carried the name "Savannah." They included warships and merchant vessels. One of the most important was the SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Near the turn of the 20th century two steamers . . . — — Map (db m19558) HM
Where colony's production of silk was reeled until 1771. Building then used for public purposes. President Washington attended a ball here in 1791.
Building destroyed by fire in 1859. — — Map (db m9391) HM
Organized as a Masonic Lodge, February 21, 1734. Its first worshipful Master was General James Edward Oglethorpe, English Soldier, Statesman, Humanitarian, and founder of Georgia, who raised the flag of England at Savannah on February 12, 1733. . . . — — Map (db m6584) HM
The first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, the SS SAVANNAH, sailed from this harbor on May 22, 1819 and reached Liverpool 27 days later. The anniversary of her sailing, May 22, is celebrated as National Maritime Day. Captain Moses Rogers was . . . — — Map (db m4934) HM
The Convent and Academy of Saint Vincent dePaul was opened in June, 1845. Sisters of Mercy from Charleston, S.C., under the leadership of Mother Vincent Mahoney, began a boarding school, orphanage, day school and free school. St. Vincent's Convent . . . — — Map (db m5757) HM
Lime, oyster shells, sand, and water are the ingredients of tabby, a building material commonly used during the 18th and 19th centuries. The garden walls, the carriage house, and the main house of the Owens-Thomas site are all made of tabby, . . . — — Map (db m190827) HM
Site of home of Royal Governor Sir James Wright,
where, in 1776, by authority of Council of Safety, Governor Wright was arrested by Joseph Habersham. — — Map (db m63711) HM
Open to the Public ~~~ Created under the Will of Miss Mary Telfair (c. 1789-1875), the Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences opened as the first public art museum in the Southeast with a preliminary private showing February 12, 1885. After . . . — — Map (db m5523) HM
This building is one of the City's outstanding examples of Regency architecture. The main floor and basement kitchens are maintained as a historic house museum. The rotunda and west wing are later additions. It was left by Savannah's outstanding . . . — — Map (db m5524) HM
1834 1919
This tablet commemorates
The "John Randolph"
the first iron vessel seen in
American waters
Riveted together and launched here in 1834,
the plates having been made by John Laird
of Birkenhead, England, and . . . — — Map (db m81866) HM
Major John Berrien (1760-1815) was a Revolutionary War officer who served at Valley Forge and fought at the Battle of Monmouth. Berrien, a New Jersey native who moved to Georgia in 1775, was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati in . . . — — Map (db m133218) HM
Beverly M. Whitehead, a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, came to Chatham County in 1988 to serve as its first Human Resources Director. Mrs. Whitehead was a strong advocate for employees, and mentored them in their professional and personal . . . — — Map (db m134846) HM
The First Act of Alcohol Prohibition in America was decreed in Savannah in 1735 Issued by His Majesty King George II to General James Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of Georgia
"Whereas it is found by Experience that the use of Liquors called . . . — — Map (db m133125) HM
The oldest Black Congregation in North America began in 1773. May 20, 1775 the church was born with Rev. George Leile as its pastor; and constituted January 20, 1788 with Rev. Andrew Bryan, Pastor.
( Plaque 2 )
To The Glory Of God . . . — — Map (db m90012) HM
On March 16, 1960, black students led by the NAACP Youth Council staged sit-ins at white-only lunch counters in eight downtown stores. Three students, Carolyn Quilloin, Ernest Robinson, and Joan Tyson, were arrested in the Azalea Room here at . . . — — Map (db m132898) HM
This troop of Mounted Rangers was raised by General Oglethorpe to patrol and protect the Colony of
Georgia from the Spaniards and Indians. It fought at Bloody Marsh in 1742 and at the Siege of Savannah
in 1779. Its record during The War . . . — — Map (db m6163) HM
(West face) The Georgia Medical Society 1804-2004
Dr. Noble Wimberly Jones
Physician and resident of Savannah Georgia
American Revolutionary War veteran and patriot
Georgia Delegate to Continental Congress
First Georgia Medical . . . — — Map (db m5829) HM
The first Medical Society in Georgia, sixth oldest in America, was organized June 28, 1804, and continues to be active in Savannah today. Dr. Noble Wimberly Jones, first President, was the son of a member of General Oglethorpe's first settlers of . . . — — Map (db m12082) HM
This creative development which was responsible for the survival of the cotton industry in the United States occurred on General Nathaniel Greene's plantation near Savannah, 10 miles northeast of this marker. Separation by hand labor of the lint . . . — — Map (db m13521) HM
The armed schooner "Liberty", the first American Naval vessel officially commissioned early in July 1775 by a Provincial Congress, sailed from this port. She was commanded by Oliver Bowen and Joseph Habersham and carried ten carriage guns and fifty . . . — — Map (db m20314) HM
Chartered May, 1922
has continuously served this Community,
Nation and the Free World through
Lions International.
This flagpole is erected as a symbol
of our great love and respect for the
flags of our State and Nation
and to honor . . . — — Map (db m20385) HM
This house, built in 1813 by Oliver Sturges,
successful Savannah merchant, occupies the site of the
parsonage of John Wesley, minister of the
Church of England in Georgia 1736-37 and
founder of Methodism. Mr. Sturges was a two-fifths owner . . . — — Map (db m5440) HM
Has erected this fountain on the high bluff of the Savannah River as a tribute to maritime Savannah and to the ships, both merchant and naval, that have proudly carried its name to the world around. — — Map (db m19974) HM
On this site
March 29, 1734 when Savannah was an English colony
stood the public oven and next door 22-24 Congress St. The house for strangers — — Map (db m22300) HM
On January 5, 1914, the Rotary Club of Savannah met for the first time at the DeSoto Hotel. Founded by John S. Banks and a group of local businessmen, this was the second Rotary club established in Georgia. The nation’s first service club, Rotary . . . — — Map (db m108958) HM
1819 1919
This tablet
commemorates the centenary of
The "Savannah"
The first steamship to cross the ocean
The idea of this enterprise originiated with
William Scarborough
and his associates
citizens of Savannah
and . . . — — Map (db m8301) HM
This is Yamacraw Bluff where the Colony of Georgia was founded February 12, 1733 by Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe. Voted by the Georgia Daughters of the American Revolution the Most Historic Spot In Georgia — — Map (db m27423) HM
Tomo-Chi-Chi, Mico of the Yamacraws, a tribe of the Creek Indian Nation, is buried in this Square. He has been called a co-founder, with Oglethorpe, of Georgia. He was a good friend to the English, a friendship indispensable to the establishment of . . . — — Map (db m5406) HM
Trinity Church is the oldest Methodist Church in a city whose intimate association with John Wesley and George Whitefield gives it a unique place in the history of Methodism. The cornerstone of the building was laid February 14, 1848, in a . . . — — Map (db m5478) HM
The United States Customhouse stands on historic ground. In a house on this site, James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia, lived for a time, and in 1736 John Wesley preached his first sermon at Savannah in a building which stood on . . . — — Map (db m5441) HM
Like much of the soil in Savannah, the loam beneath the Cluskey Vaults tells a great deal about the past when it is studied scientifically through archaeology. Interest by the community led the City to have such a study of the vaults. Like all . . . — — Map (db m163914) HM
Located at this site, the volunteer Washington Fire Company No. 9, provided fire protection to Washington and adjacent wards for 24 years. The top of a cistern visible 20 feet north served as a water reservoir for the fire apparatus. The men of . . . — — Map (db m15118) HM
During his Southern tour of 1791, President George Washington attended services at the original Christ Church on Sunday, May 15. While in Savannah from May 12-15, Washington lodged at a house on the corner of Barnard and State streets on St. James . . . — — Map (db m5696) HM
Wesley Chapel Trinity In 1812 The Methodist Church in Savannah was formally established with the founding of Wesley Chapel at Lincoln & Oglethorpe Streets. Bishop Francis Asbury dedicated that building in 1813. In 1848 the congregation built a . . . — — Map (db m163905) HM
In 1765 John and William Bartram, naturalists, began an extended trail from Savannah through Georgia and left a legacy of impressions. — — Map (db m5087) HM
William Scarbrough (1776-1838) was the moving force among the enterprising business men of Savannah who in 1819 sent the first steamship across the Atlantic Ocean. The corporate charter which Scarbrough and his associates obtained from the Georgia . . . — — Map (db m5385) HM
Born January 1752 at Beaulieu (Bulie) near Savannah of distinguished English ancestry, William Stephens was an eminent lawyer and jurist during and after the War For Independence. Georgia’s first Attorney-General he was also Chief Justice of . . . — — Map (db m5432) HM
This Square, which was laid out in 1733, was originally named for John Percival, Earl of Egmont, who played a large part in founding the Colony of Georgia. Its name was changed around 1763 to Wright Square in honor of James Wright, Royal Governor of . . . — — Map (db m6378) HM
James L. Pierpont (1822-1893), composer of "Jingle Bells", served as music director of this church in the 1850s when it was a Unitarian Church located on Oglethorpe Square. Son of the noted Boston reformer, Rev. John Pierpont, he was the brother of . . . — — Map (db m5817) HM
The Scottish Rite of freemasonry was introduced into Georgia in 1792 by the brother Abraham Jacobs. The first degrees of the rite of perfection to be communicated in Savannah were on April 17, 1796, when Jacobs conferred the degrees on James Clark, . . . — — Map (db m5655) HM
329 Abercorn Street
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1848 — — Map (db m89125) HM
Armstrong Junior College was founded on this site May 27, 1935 by the City of Savannah under the guidance of Mayor Thomas Gamble. The college was named for George Ferguson Armstrong (1868-1924), a native of Guyton, Georgia, who had this house . . . — — Map (db m208584) HM
The Beach Institute began in 1867 as
the first school in Savannah erected
specifically for the education of African
Americans. It was named for Alfred Ely
Beach, benefactor and editor of
Scientific American. Following the
Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m15681) HM
During the last years of Reconstruction, Maj. William Royall established the Royall Undertaking Company to serve African Americans denied mortuary services by Savannah's White-owned funeral homes. As a formal mortuary education was not available in . . . — — Map (db m200259) HM
The great Polish patriot to whose memory this monument is erected was mortally wounded approximately one-half mile northwest of this spot during the assault by the French and American forces on the British lines around Savannah, October 9, 1779. . . . — — Map (db m5483) HM
Georgia Society of the
Colonial Dames of America
This house was built by Andrew Low about 1848
Among the distinguished guests who visited
here were
William Makepeace Thackeray in 1853 and 1856
General Robert E. Lee in 1870
Home of . . . — — Map (db m13550) HM
Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America, was a guest in 1886 in the house on the northeast corner of Bull and Taylor Streets. The residence (built about 1880) was at that time the home of Hugh M. Comer, President of . . . — — Map (db m5983) HM
The oldest Congregation now practicing Reform Judiasm in the United States. Mickve Israel was founded by a group of Jews, mainly of Spanish-Portuguese extraction, which landed at Savannah, July 11, 1733, five months after the establishment of the . . . — — Map (db m5298) HM
Mary Flannery O'Connor, novelist and short story writer, was born in Savannah March 25, 1925. She grew up in this house and in later years she referred to it simply as "the house I was raised in." She lived here until 1938, attending church at the . . . — — Map (db m9490) HM
This building, now the quarters of a private Club, was erected in 1857 for Edmund Molyneux, British consul at Savannah, and served as his residence and as the Consulate until Molyneux's return to England in 1863. In 1865 the Molyneux house was . . . — — Map (db m5625) HM
In the 1840s, William Brown Hodgson (1801-1871) conceived the idea of setting aside ten acres of wooded land at this site for development of Savannah's first recreational park. It was named for former Georgia Governor John Forsyth (1780-1841). . . . — — Map (db m6092) HM
The Georgia Historical Society, founded May 24, 1839, is one of the oldest historical societies in the country. Among it founders were L.K. Tefft, the noted autograph collector; William Bacon Stevens, historian, physician and prelate, and Dr. . . . — — Map (db m6139) HM
This Italianate mansion was built in 1856 for Savannah grocer and Civil War mayor Thomas Holcombe and later owned by former Confederate officer and Superior Court Judge Robert Falligant and his descendants. The Oglethorpe Light Infantry, commanded . . . — — Map (db m108969) HM
World-renowned songwriter John Herndon Mercer was born in Savannah and spent much of his youth in this house at 226 East Gwinnett Street. His lyrics reflected the sounds of Southern conversation, influenced by the African-American music and the . . . — — Map (db m8702) HM
Founder in the United States
of the Girl Scouts ---- 1912
"She gave the lead — she is not dead if we
but keep alive the spirit that was hers
— Robert Baden Powell — — Map (db m8305) HM
Louis Burke Toomer, African-American leader, local bank founder, and realtor, was born in Savannah in 1897. Raised and educated locally, Toomer established the Georgia Savings and Realty Corporation on February 23, 1927, in the historic black . . . — — Map (db m127134) HM
Site of
Marist School for Boys
1919 - 1939
——
Grammer School Operated by
Marist Brothers of the Schools
——
Last Graduating Class June 9, 1939
Rev. Bro. Eugene Bergeron, F.M.S.
Teacher
Rev. Bro, . . . — — Map (db m18424) HM
Mary Musgrove was the daughter of an English trader and a Creek Indian mother. In 1717 she and her husband, John, established Cowpens trading post near the Savannah River which became a center of 18th century English-Indian trade for deer hides. . . . — — Map (db m132897) HM
Massie School is the only remaining building of Georgia's oldest chartered school system. Constructed in 1855-56 and opened for classes on October 15, 1856, the Greek Revival building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Peter . . . — — Map (db m5503) HM
Here, in 1735, was the beginning of the road to Darien, now called the Ogeechee Road, probably the first road laid out in Georgia, with the assistance of Tomochichi. — — Map (db m6318) HM
Paula and Richard Rowe, along with May and Paul Poetter, founded the Savannah College
of Art and Design in 1978. In March 1979, the college purchased its first building, this former Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory, built in 1892. The college . . . — — Map (db m5770) HM
The monument erected in this Square to the memory of General Casimir Pulaski, who fell at Savannah in the cause of American Independence, was completed in 1854. The corner-stone was laid, with impressive ceremonies, October 11, 1853 - the 74th . . . — — Map (db m5482) HM
As infantry the Corps fought in the War of 1812, Indian Wars and as a battalion in 1861, serving with distinction in defense of Savannah and Charleston. In the spring of 1864 joined Lee's Army at Petersburg. On April 3, 1865 serving in the rear . . . — — Map (db m5767) HM
( North face )[ Left Plaque ]
Erected 1947
By
The Savannah Detachment
Marine Corps League
—
Commandant - E.S. Dufour, Jr.
Vice Commandants -
Sol H. Passink and H.B. Acker
Adjutant - F.W. Hughes . . . — — Map (db m13543) WM
Sergeant William Jasper, the famed Revolutionary hero, was mortally wounded a few hundred yards northwest of this spot on October 9, 1779, in the ill-fated attack of the American and French forces on the British defenses around Savannah. The . . . — — Map (db m5455) HM
General William Tecumseh Sherman used this house as headquarters from Dec. 22, 1864, until Feb. 1, 1865. Charles Green offered the use of his home to General Sherman and his staff. Sherman's chaplain conducted the Christmas services in St. John's . . . — — Map (db m8881) HM
On December 21, 1864, during the Civil War, U.S. forces under Gen. William T. Sherman captured Savannah, completing the March to the Sea, a military campaign designed to destroy the Confederacy’s ability to wage war and break the will of its people . . . — — Map (db m108962) HM
Georgia's first hospital, this institution is believed to be the second oldest general hospital in continuous operation in the United States. It was founded in 1803 as a seamen's hospital and poor house and was incorporated in 1808 under the name . . . — — Map (db m5781) HM
Organized January 19, 1868
as Wesley Church
renamed Wesley Monumental, 1875
and built as a monument
to John and Charles Wesley
Founders of the
Methodist Movement
Sanctuary cornerstone laid
August 10, 1875
completed and dedicated . . . — — Map (db m6104) HM
Centennial
1868 - 1968
Wesley Monumental
United Methodist Church
Originally Wesley Church, was founded
January 19, 1868. The cornerstone for
this building was laid August 10, 1875,
but has not since been located. In . . . — — Map (db m6098) HM
Built in Camden, New Jersey and launched July 21, 1959 the N.S. Savannah, named for the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. is a symbol of American determination to use atomic power for peaceful purposes.
“I am confident that the ship will . . . — — Map (db m257783) HM
Commissioned by the United States Navy on May 8, 1937 as a light cruiser, this proud ship served throughout the long hard years of World War II and was subsequently decommissioned.
In September 1943, while supporting the Allied invasion of . . . — — Map (db m257885) HM
Commissioned December 5, 1970 as a multipurpose replenishment oiler, this ship became the fifth United States Navy ship to bear the name Savannah.
During underway replenishment, this “one-stop store at sea” transferred fuel, ammunition, food . . . — — Map (db m257744) HM
This cauldron was lit with the original Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece at the Savannah Opening Ceremony, July 20, 1996, and burned throughout the Centennial Olympic Games in Savannah, Georgia, site of the Olympic Yachting
events. The five . . . — — Map (db m5568) HM
When the British attacked Savannah on December 29, 1778, the defending Continental forces, numbering about 650 men under command of Maj. Gen. Robert Howe, were posted across Sea Island Road (now Wheaton street) approximately 100 yards east of . . . — — Map (db m6580) HM
Although the Savannah River provided an avenue to the sea, it also presented a barrier to overland travel and transportation. Rochester Ferry, later named Screven's Ferry, was established in 1762 and connected Savannah with a roadway in South . . . — — Map (db m19450) HM
Georgia colonists were quick to experiment with
plants that could be cultivated to supply income.
While growing mulberry to produce silk, grapes to
produce wine and indigo to produce dye were
marginally successful, those early . . . — — Map (db m19369) HM
Long before Europeans arrived in the New World,
the Savannah area was occupied by Native Americans.
The earliest Paleoindian groups migrated into coastal
Georgia as early as 10,000 B.C. The hunter-gathers
took advantage of rich estuarine . . . — — Map (db m19379) HM
A critical priority for the first Georgia colonists was to identify and develop economic enterprises that could support the colony. Trade with native Americans was established and exports included hides that could be shipped to England and sold in . . . — — Map (db m19500) HM
Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, President Roosevelt and Congress authorized a ship building program to construct a fleet of transport vessels that could carry American supplies to England. . . . — — Map (db m19625) HM
At this site was located the first public agricultural experimental garden in America. From this garden was disseminated the upland cotton which later comprised the greater part of the world`s cotton commerce. Here were propagated and from this . . . — — Map (db m18761) HM
The first schools in the West Savannah neighborhood were established on Fell Street south of this spot in the early twentieth century. The Saint Anthony of Padua school was one of three schools established by Father Ignatius F. Lissner and a group . . . — — Map (db m157196) HM
The Hudson Hill community derives its name from the first pastor of the Friendship Baptist Church located on Weldon Street. The church, established on April 10, 1895, was served by Rev. A. Hudson for its first 13 years. Rev. Hudson was such an . . . — — Map (db m157283) HM
The symbol of our company since 1931,
the Great Dane dog is the most elegant
and distinguished of the giant type dog.
A true Great Dane breed is spirited and
courageous, yet always friendly and
dependable. These special attributes
coupled . . . — — Map (db m13335) HM
The N.S. Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo/passenger ship, built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation,
was launched on July 21, 1959 and commenced her maiden voyage at sea on Friday March 23, 1962. Before
embarking on a . . . — — Map (db m58595) HM
S. S. James Oglethorpe launched on November 20, 1942, during World War II, the first of 88 Liberty Ships
built by Southeastern Shipbuilding (approximately two miles downriver from here). Setting sail from New York in a convoy bound for Liverpool, . . . — — Map (db m65470) HM
The McKelvey-Powell Building was originally constructed in 1926. The building was a hub of African-American business and social life in Savannah during the era of segregation in the first half of the twentieth century. Throughout the 1930s the . . . — — Map (db m11751) HM
Established by Mordecai Sheftall on August 2, 1773 from lands granted him in 1762 by King George III as a parcel of land that "shall be, and forever remain, to and for the use and purpose of a Place of Burial for all persons whatever professing the . . . — — Map (db m14471) HM
In this burial ground, hallowed to the "men who go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters," are interred ship captains and seamen from many lands - America, Norway, Sweden, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Germany. . . . — — Map (db m8672) HM
Saint Philip A.M.E. Church has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m301247) HM
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