Savannah Methodism's first church building was erected on this corner of Lincoln and South Broad (now Oglethorpe) streets in 1812 by its first pastor, Rev. James Russell. Bishop Francis Asbury preached twice in Wesley Chapel on November 21, 1813. In . . . — — Map (db m5447) HM
Constructed during the 1870’s improvements phase, this building was to be used for the storage of cannon shells. The War Department planned to install three 10” Columbiads and two 6.4” (100 pounders) cannon. Only this magazine was built before the . . . — — Map (db m190842) 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
We were stolen, sold and bought together from the African Continent
We got on the slave ships together, we lay back to belly in the holds of the slave ships in each others excrement and urine together. Sometimes died together and our lifeless . . . — — Map (db m5278) HM
On each side of Waters Avenue at this site stood the grandstands built for the famous Savannah automobile races in 1910 and 1911. The starting and finishing line was located in front of the stands.
On November 12, 1910, David Bruce-Brown won . . . — — Map (db m5953) HM
In memory of all gallant
American Merchant Seamen
who have lost their lives at sea
Sponsored by
The Women’s Propeller Club
Port of Savannah
1976 — — Map (db m251583) WM
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
Andrew Bryan was born at Goose Creek, S.C. about 1716. He came to Savannah as a slave and here he was baptized by the Negro missionary, the Reverend George Leile, in 1781. Leile evacuated with the British in 1782 at the close of the American . . . — — Map (db m15624) 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
"This is no time to talk of moderation; in the
present instance it ceases to be a virtue."
Speech to Provincial Congress, June 5, 1776 Foremost among Georgia's Revolutionary patriots stood Archibald Bulloch whose remains rest in this . . . — — Map (db m5335) 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
In 1739 General Oglethorpe thought about a unique concept whereas a historian could find unusual collectibles and local art works.
Now up these stairs in the heart of historic Savannah you can find these treasures at Arts & Crafts . . . — — Map (db m127964) HM
Over this ground, hallowed by the valor and the sacrifice of the soldiery of America and of France, was fought October 9, 1779, one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolution when Savannah, which the British had possessed for several months, was . . . — — Map (db m243780) HM
This Federal style house was constructed in the late eighteenth century as the residence of William Barnard, nephew of Sir John Barnard who, while serving in the British Parliament distinguished himself as a patron of the Georgia Colony
The . . . — — Map (db m9166) HM
Dec. 1864. Beginning near this point and extending about 500 yards north along the left bank of Salt Creek, astride the old Savannah and Darien (Ogeechee) road, strong earthworks were constructed by Confederate engineers to prevent enemy forces . . . — — Map (db m10353) HM
En l'honneur des valliants Français qui se sont sacrifiés en cet endroit pour notre liberté le 9 Octobre, 1779
In honor of the valiant Frenchmen who gave their lives on this battlefield for our freedom on 9 October, 1779 . . . — — Map (db m18455) HM
The 1779 Battle of Savannah was one of
the deadliest of the entire American Revolution.
The overwhelming defeat of French and
American forces resulted in an allied
withdrawal and in approximately 800 wounded
or killed, with British losses . . . — — Map (db m189564) 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
Granted 1739 to William Stephens
Secretary
Colony of Georgia
1737 - 1740
President
1743 - 1751
Here in 1779 under
Count d'Estaing the
French landed to join
the Americans under
General Lincoln in
the Siege Of Savannah . . . — — Map (db m9149) 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
Chatham County Firefighters Memorial Last Alarm
Firefighters who have died in the line of duty
John Butler Fireman 1865 SFD Charles Schreck Fireman 1871 SFD George Puder Fireman 1873 SFD William L. Harroid Hoseman 1887 SFD John . . . — — Map (db m5641) HM
On 28 January 1942, the Eighth Air Force, was activated in the adjacent building, a National Guard Armory at the time.
Having moved to England, the Eighth was ready on 17 August to test the theory that daylight bombing raids could be made . . . — — Map (db m4396) HM
One of two native Georgians who served as generals in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, John C. Frémont was born nearby on January 21, 1813. As an army officer, his 1840s explorations of the American West gained him fame as the . . . — — Map (db m62765) HM
Birthplace of
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of Girl Scouts
In The United States
Owned and Operated
By The
Girl Scouts Of The U.S.A.
(Bottom):
The Juliette Gordon Low
birthplace
Has Been Designated A
National . . . — — Map (db m5582) HM
In the house that stands opposite this marker, Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, was born, October 31, 1860. It was her girlhood home until her marriage there in 1886 to William Low, an Englishman, . . . — — Map (db m5581) HM
Directly across Bay Street from this marker formerly stood the brick building, built in late colonial days and known as the “Coffee House,” in which the Legislature of Georgia met in 1785. Owned by Thomas Stone, it was described in a . . . — — Map (db m6668) HM
The Blacksmith Shop had 13 forges.
The railroad complex needed blacksmiths to forge iron locomotive and rolling stock parts, hinges and other hardware for buildings and also tools and equipment. Some of the forged parts were sent to the . . . — — Map (db m70283) HM
The Boiler Room supplied power for the entire complex. The ornate design of this building symbolizes the importance of its function to the site.
The Boiler Room was the heart of the site, pumping steam power and heat throughout the complex. . . . — — Map (db m70284) HM
This brick pillar represents the remnants of the former Bethesda Arch that was erected in 1940 as part of Bethesda’s 200th anniversary celebration. The original arch, designed by Hugh Tallant and funded in part by the Trustee’s Garden Club, was . . . — — Map (db m55165) HM
Commemorative
of the
British Evacuation Of Savannah
1782
Presented to the
City of Savannah
By the
Lachlan McIntosh Chapter
Daughters Of
The American Revolution
1904
— — Map (db m10356) HM
This Memorial to
Button Gwinnett
Born 1735 Died 1777
Georgia Signer of The Declaration of Independence
President of Georgia
Whose remains, buried in this cemetery, are believed to lie entombed hereunder. Was erected by the . . . — — Map (db m241905) 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
Byrd Cookie Company was started by Benjamin Tillman "Pop" Byrd, Sr. in 1924. The bakery was relocated near Pop's home in Sandfly on Norwood Avenue in 1929. Pop's son, BT "Cookie" Byrd, Jr. inherited the company in 1949. Opening a new bakery, . . . — — Map (db m301250) HM
Georgia's first hospital, Candler is the
second oldest continuously operating
hospital in the United States. Its history
began in the 1730s when Methodist
missionary George Whitfield brought
medicines to treat sick seamen and
the poor. . . . — — Map (db m15928) HM
This grave links Savannah with one of history's greatest naval dramas - the epic fight in 1779 between the "Bon Homme Richard" and "Serapis" in which John Paul Jones immortalized himself.
Denis Nicolas Cottineau de Kerloguen received a commission . . . — — Map (db m5339) HM
Captain Floyd was a member 1775-1777
of the South Carolina First Council
of Safety which raised a militia
company, the "St. Helena Guards"
affiliated with the "Liberty Boys"
whose motto was "Liberty or Death."
In 1781 he served with . . . — — Map (db m64310) HM WM
In Honor and Grateful Memory of
Captain Denis Cottineau De Kerloguen
who was born in Nantes, France and died in Savannah Ga., November 20, 1808, aged 63 Years. In the war for American Independence he fought with John Paul Jones in the famous . . . — — Map (db m6452) 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
In May, 1864, the USS "Water Witch" (80 officers and men and 4 guns), Lt. Comdr. Austin Pendergrast, USN, was on patrol duty in Ossabaw Sound. On the 31st, Flag Officer Wm. W. Hunter, CSN, assigned Lt. Thos. P. Pelot, CSN, to command a boat . . . — — Map (db m5945) 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
The congregation of St. John the Baptist formed in the late eighteenth century when French émigrés fleeing revolutions in France and Haiti found refuge in Savannah. The Church of St. John the Baptist became a cathedral in 1850 when the Diocese of . . . — — Map (db m6021) HM
Welcome to the Central of Georgia railroad
repair shops of Savannah
You are entering the heart of the Central of
Georgia railroad complex in Savannah. This
"miniature city" produced much of what was
needed for the construction and repair . . . — — Map (db m18459) HM
The Georgia Central Rail Road and Canal Company began construction of a rail line from Savannah to Macon in the late 1830s. The company built a large embankment to carry the line across the Musgrove Creek floodplain to a wooden bridge over the . . . — — Map (db m222222) HM
Georgia Historical Society records
show that this building, built in 1853
for the Central Railroad & Bank was
confiscated by Gen. Wm. T. Sherman's
Union Army Forces as the military
hdqrs. of the Post Commandant, Gen.
J.W. Geary during the . . . — — Map (db m6477) HM
How old is this forest? Prior to the early 1800's Cockspur Island was primarily a grassy salt marsh interspersed with a few, small, forested hammocks. But things were about to change. In 1829 the army began installing drainage canals and a dike . . . — — Map (db m63708) HM
This was the site of the first hospital in Savannah to train African-American doctors and nurses. Named for Doctors Cornelius and Alice McKane, it began on June 1, 1896, when a small group of African Americans received a charter to operate the . . . — — Map (db m11703) HM
No images of Charles Blaney Cluskey appear to exist. He emigrated from Ireland in 1827 at age 19 and trained with a New York architectural firm for two years before moving to Savannah. He married Johanna Elizabeth Walsh two years later. Starting . . . — — Map (db m163907) HM
On the front, south side is inscribed:
Dedicate May 4, 1986
To honor the members of the
Chatham Artillery
Servants of God, Country,
State and Community
—
Soldiers in War
Patriots in Peace
On the east side . . . — — Map (db m163909) HM
These cannon, which were captured when Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in the American Revolution, were a gift to the Chatham Artillery by President George Washington - a mark of his appreciation for the part the local military company . . . — — Map (db m5517) HM
These bronze cannon were presented to the Chatham Artillery by President Washington after his visit to Savannah in 1791. Of English and French make, respectively, they are excellent examples of the art of ordnance manufacture in the 18th century. . . . — — Map (db m5519) HM
†
I.H.S.
Christ Church
Founded A.D. 1733. Chartered 1789.
Destroyed by Fire 1796. Rebuilt & enlarged 1803.
Injured by a hurricane 1804. Constructed anew 1810.
Taken down, and
This Edifice Erected
1838. Partially . . . — — Map (db m13665) HM
This Episcopal Church was the first house of
worship established with the founding of Georgia in 1733. Early rectors included the Rev. John Wesley (1736-37), who began the earliest form of Sunday school and published the first English hymnal in . . . — — Map (db m5304) HM
(upper marker): Christ Church Parish House
(lower marker): The
hand wrought weather vane
atop this building
is from the 12th century church of
Cranham, Essex, England
where Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe
is . . . — — Map (db m6115) HM
For, Savannah, Christmas 1864 was anything but a time
for merriment. Almost four years of war had taken the
lives of thousands of Georgians, destroyed millions of
dollars in property and left the state in chaos. As the
holiday approached, so . . . — — Map (db m19422) HM
Many of the city’s squares contained water cisterns to aid in firefighting. They were kept filled with water and weekly reports of the condition and water depth were made to the City Council. Their depth ranged from 9 feet 2 inches to 13 feet 5 . . . — — Map (db m133138) HM
James S. McIntosh achieved an immortal record of gallantry in the War of 1812 and in the War with Mexico. In 1814 he saw considerable action on the Canadian border, he was severely wounded at Buffalo. In the Mexican War, Col. McIntosh was . . . — — Map (db m81621) HM
Colonel Jones was a North Carolina Partisan Ranger in the Continental
Army. Jones was wounded at Pacolett River, NC on July 14, 1780. — — Map (db m6517) HM
A former British Naval surgeon
who settled in America, he
commanded the 4th Georgia Continental
Battalion which marched from
New York to Georgia. Called the
"Hero of the Ogeechee," he and only
six men captured a force of 152 British . . . — — Map (db m64377) HM WM
As Deputy Commissary General of Issues for Georgia
and South Carolina, Colonel Sheftall was the highest
ranking Jewish officer in the Revolutionary War.
Captured by the British in the Battle of Savannah,
Dec. 29, 1778, Sheftall was . . . — — Map (db m6571) HM
In recognition of the services rendered by Colonel William Bvll of Sovth Carolina who assisted Oglethorpe in selecting the site and laying ovt the plan for Savannah
In the center of this sqvare the early colonists placed a svndial
A . . . — — Map (db m301242) 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
Raymond McAllister Demere founded the American Oil Company on July 21, 1921, as Savannah's first independent wholesale petroleum company, and he opened his first service station at this site in 1923. Renamed Colonial Oil in 1933, the company is now . . . — — Map (db m248345) HM
This cemetery, the second in colonial Savannah, was the burying ground for the city from about 1750 until it was closed against burials in 1853. Among the distinguished dead who rest here are Archibald Bulloch, first President of Georgia; James . . . — — Map (db m5313) HM
In 1757, during the administration of royal Governor Henry Ellis, a line of earthwork defenses, including a palisade, was erected around Savannah. Immediately west of this marker was located Bethesda Gate, one of the six entrances into the town. . . . — — Map (db m5356) HM
In 1906, eleven African-American men formed the Colored Library Association of Savannah and established the Library for Colored Citizens. They acquired the original collection from personal libraries and public donations of books and periodicals. In . . . — — Map (db m108955) HM
The railroad provided separate washroom facilities for whites and African-Americans.
Facilities and opportunities were quite different for black and white people historically in the segregated South. Jim Crow laws required “separate but equal” . . . — — Map (db m70293) 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
Urbanization of western Savannah in the early twentieth century was spurred by growth in employment opportunities at the Central of Georgia Railroad facilities, the port, and the port-dependent industries that included the Hilton-Dodge Lumber . . . — — Map (db m156959) HM
The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 brought years of festering political differences between Southern and Northern states to a head. In mid-January 1861 Georgia delegates voted to secede from the Union. The April 1861 bombardment and surrender . . . — — Map (db m19676) 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
Conrad Aiken, Poet and Man of Letters, was born in Savannah on August 5, 1889, and lived at No. 228 (opposite) until 1901. After the tragic deaths of his parents, he was moved to New England. Most of his writing career was divided between Cape Cod, . . . — — Map (db m5310) HM
(Panel one)
British Military Force Threatens the United States In the early years of the 19th century, the United States was a fledgling nation with
a population of 7,700,000, a standing army
of 6,700, and a navy of only 12 ships. . . . — — Map (db m25014) 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
Fearful of U.S. invasion during the Civil War, two Macon women prompted a statewide campaign to build an ironclad vessel for the protection of Georgia's coastal and riverside towns. By March 1862, the Ladies Gunboat Association had formed to raise . . . — — Map (db m133215) HM
This Chapel Is Dedicated To
A. Douglass Strobhar
As a mark of esteem and affection
by the Board of Managers
of the
Savannah Port Society
It is a tribute to his loyality and unfailing faithfulness since he became a member of the board . . . — — Map (db m6904) HM
(front)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. King, a Baptist minister and civil rights activist, had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States beginning in the mid-1950’s. Among his . . . — — Map (db m254289) HM
He was a physician and planter
who also served as Speaker of the
Georgia Assembly during the
Royal and Revolutionary Period.
Imprisoned by the British, he later
held a seat in the Continental
Congress and Ga's Constitutional . . . — — Map (db m64444) HM WM
In 1942, Rev. Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert, thirteenth pastor of First African Baptist Church, revived the Savannah branch and founded the Georgia Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) serving as . . . — — Map (db m288566) HM
One block west of this marker -- at the northwest corner of Hull and Whitaker Streets -- stood,
formerly, the residence of William Alexander Caruthers, Virginia's earliest significant novelist. He resided in Savannah for several years before his . . . — — Map (db m5920) HM
The Drop Table is located in the Roundhouse. It is a device that enabled mechanics to remove the axles and wheels of a locomotive easily. This allowed repairs to the wheel assembly and to otherwise inaccessible parts of the locomotive.
The Drop . . . — — Map (db m70290) HM
The epitaph to James Wilde on the nearby tomb is a melancholy reminder of the days of duelling and, particularly, of a tragic affair of honor fought January 16, 1815, on the Carolina side of the river near Savannah. Lieutenant Wilde was shot through . . . — — Map (db m5376) HM
Beneath this modest slab rest the remains of America's foremost painter of miniatures. Malbone, a native of Rhode Island, began his career in Providence at the age of seventeen. He pursued his calling in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Charleston . . . — — Map (db m5369) HM
The storm struck without warning on July 27, 2018 at 3:49 in the afternoon. In just a few short minutes, a path of destruction over 300 feet wide cut through the once dense and mature forest.
You are standing in the tornado's path.
With . . . — — Map (db m301301) HM
On Dec. 14, 1864, Fort McAllister (CS) having fallen the day before, opening the Great Ogeechee River to Union shipping and rendering Savannah untenable, Lt. Gen. W. J. Hardee, CSA, decided to evacuate the city to save it from a destructive . . . — — Map (db m5574) HM
Entered on the National Register
of Historic Places
June 7, 1974
Federal Building
U.S. Courthouse
Wright Square Postal Station
Savannah, Georgia
Jeremiah O'Rourke
Architect 1899
This Property Significantly Contributes . . . — — Map (db m19824) 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
First African Baptist Church (FABC) traces its roots to 1773 and the organization of a congregation at nearby Brampton Plantation by Rev. George Leile. Under the leadership of Rev. Andrew C. Marshall (3rd pastor), the congregation obtained this . . . — — Map (db m133007) 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
First Baptist Church, Savannah’s oldest standing house of worship, was designed by Elias Carter and completed in 1833. The congregation dates to 1800. In 1922 the front of the building was extended, a cupola removed, and the edifice covered with . . . — — Map (db m13608) HM
On November 26, 1800 the Reverend Henry Holcombe
and fifteen other Baptists organized the Savannah
Baptist Church. As early as 1795 a group of interested
Baptists had erected a house of worship on Franklin
Square where the congregation . . . — — Map (db m13663) HM
First Bryan dates its founding to the constitution of the Ethiopian Church of Jesus Christ under Rev. Andrew Bryan in January 1788, making it one of the nation's oldest African-American Baptist churches. Known later as First Colored Church, First . . . — — Map (db m200204) HM
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