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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11BF_brick-pillar_Savannah-GA.html
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 ba…
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This Property Has Been Placed On The National RegisterOf Historic Places By The United StatesDepartment Of The Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NN_pin-point-community_Savannah-GA.html
Pin Point was settled in 1896 by former slaves from Ossabaw, Green, and Skidaway Islands. Sweetfield of Eden Baptist Church, founded in Pin Point in 1897, was a successor to Ossabaw's Hinder Me Not Church and also served as the community's school …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN6H_haven-home-industrial-training-school_Savannah-GA.html
Named for respected Methodist Bishop Gilbert Haven of Massachusetts, Haven Home School was established in 1885 with the support of the Women's Home Missionary Society, to provide local African-American girls with a quality education. In 1917, afte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAP0_isle-of-hope_Savannah-GA.html
In 1736, Noble Jones, John Fallowfield and Henry Parker settled this important outpost on the colony's inland waterway to the south and named it Isle of Hope. Jones' Wormsloe plantation was fortified and armed against Spanish attack until 1742. Th…
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The Isle of Hope Methodist Church was organized in 1851. The first Trustees were George W. Wylly, Simeon F. Murphy, John B. Hogg, William Waite, Theodore Goodwin, Thomas J. Barnsley and the Rev. William S. Baker. The church building that stands…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6L_sandfly_Savannah-GA.html
Established by African Americans in the nineteenth century, Sandfly is centered around the intersection of Mongomery Crossroad and Skidaway Road. Many families in this community trace their ancestry to former slaves from nearby Wormsloe Plantation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM71V_noble-jones-wormslow_Savannah-GA.html
This 1½ mile oak avenue leads to the tabby ruins of Noble Jones' colonial fortified plantation. Jones and his family were original settlers in Georgia, arriving in Savannah with founder James E. Oglethorpe on February 1, 1733. As a middle-cla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM608_site-of-colonial-shipyard_Savannah-GA.html
Approximately 300 yards northeast of this marker there was located in colonial days a shipyard where at least one vessel capable of engaging in overseas trade was built. The creek on which it stood is known as Shipyard Creek. The site of the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM602_white-bluff-meeting-house_Savannah-GA.html
Here meets the oldest congregation following the Reformed (Calvinistic) theological tradition in continuous service in Georgia. In 1737, 160 Reformed Germans came to Savannah seeking religious freedom. After working their terms as indentured serva…
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