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Huie House, 1928, St. Simons Island
This early example of the International Style, designed by Macon architect Fred Stroberg, uniquely employees the local building material known as tabby to make a bold statement about the past and the...
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Baiting a Crab Trap, St. Simons Island
This gentleman [known on the island as The Original Crabman] was getting his crab trap ready when I was walking out to the end of the pier to photograph the progress on the Golden Ray cleanup effort....
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Back River & Hammock, Glynn County
This is the Back River marsh [at high tide] on the north side of the F. J. Torras Causeway heading to St. Simons Island from Brunswick. I tried to find a name for the hammock, but couldn’t locate one....
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Harris Neck Army Airfield Bunker, 1942
This structure served as the munitions bunker for Harris Neck Army Airfield. Earthworks surround three sides. A review of contemporary U. S. Geological Survey maps indicates that this was likely the...
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Lorillard Fountain & Pool, Harris Neck
Fountain at Lorillard Estate The following history of the site is taken from the interpretive panel at Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge: Various plantations occupied this site from the 1740s...
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Thomas Landing, McIntosh County
Thomas Landing, on the South Newport River, has been occupied since the early days of Colonial Georgia and its history is indelibly linked to the hundreds of African-Americans who resided here. They...
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Ruins of the Union Brotherhood Society, Liberty County
The Liberty County Historical Society recently noted on its website that William McKinley Walthour’s Union Brotherhood Society meeting hall near Midway was in eminent danger of collapsing. While doing...
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Gable Front House, Liberty County
This is a typical house style of early-20th-century Coastal Georgia. This example is located near Midway.
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Hall’s Knoll, Liberty County
Dr. Lyman Hall was one of three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia. He was also a delegate to the Continental Congress and governor of Georgia. Born on 12 April 1724 in...
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Central Hallway House Ruins, 1894, Groveland
This house is of a form very common in late-19th-century Georgia.
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Wayfair Primitive Baptist Church, Cox
Wayfair Primitive Baptist Church is the only representative congregation of the Alabaha Association Crawfordites in McIntosh County. It was established in 1873 but little else is known about it. It is...
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LaRoche House Demolished in Crescent
During the first week of April 2020, the LaRoche House, one of the most iconic 19th-century houses in McIntosh County, was razed. Discussions with friends of the owners indicate that this was not an...
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Ahmaud Arbery Mural, Brunswick
Today, Ahmaud Arbery should be celebrating his 27th birthday with his family and loved ones, but on 3 February 2020, while jogging in a “white” neighborhood, he became yet another needless victim of...
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Colored Memorial School, 1923, Brunswick
In 1870, the Freedmen’s School was established as the first public school for African-Americans in Brunswick. Colored Memorial High School, designed by Cloister architect Francis L. Abreu, was built...
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Shotgun Houses, Brunswick
With the growing popularity of small houses, shotgun houses have become hot properties in the broader real estate market. Quite a few survive in varying states of repair throughout Brunswick’s...
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Folk Victorian House, 1895, Brunswick
It’s obvious that the porch, in its present configuration, is a later addition to this house. I’m unsure as to its original style; the date of 1895 is from a resource survey and may only be a guess. I...
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