This cottage is sandwiched between Solomon and Van Horn Avenues. I first thought it dated to the early 1900s, but recently learned that the original structure on this site burned in 2007. I assume this is a reconstruction but it’s still a great structure.
This is now a vacation rental known as the Screened Inn.
Fort Screven Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This structure is the older of two mess halls associated with Fort Screven still standing. It is now a vacation rental or private residence.
Fort Screven Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This is a preliminary identification. I’ll be photographing/rephotographing the Fort Screven district soon, and will be updating structures as I learn more about them.
Fort Screven Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
The old post firehouse is now home to the Tybee Arts Association and the Jim Ingham Black Box Theatre.
Fort Screven Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
The post bakery has served as a private residence for many years.
Fort Screven Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
This is one of numerous support structures transformed into private residences after 1945, when Fort Screven was declared surplus by the War Department.
Fort Screven Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Battery Brumby [completed 1899] was the largest of Fort Screven’s complex of gun emplacements. Constructed between 1897-1900. the batteries [Brumby, Garland, Fenwick, Backus, Gant, and Habersham] served as coastal fortifications during the Spanish-American War. Between the world wars, the artillery was removed and melted for further use.
Battery Garland [completed 1899] now houses the Tybee Island Museum, operated by the Tybee Island Historical Society.
Fort Screven Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
The Club House was constructed during Philadelphia department store magnate John Wanamaker’s ownership of Ossabaw Island. Some sources state it was originally built for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 and moved to Ossabaw and reconstructed; other accounts suggest that it was simply a kit house, without the Philadelphia history. Either way, it’s the place where most visitors stay on the island today.
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places