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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM390_ancient-and-accepted-scottish-rite-of-freemansonry_Savannah-GA.html
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,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38S_great-indian-warrior-trading-path_Savannah-GA.html
(The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road) The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from The Great Lakes to Georgia. Laid on animal trails and Native American Trading/Warrior Paths. treaties among the Gove…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38N_big-duke-fire-alarm-bell-memorial_Savannah-GA.html
( Front)Chatham County FirefightersMemorialLast Alarm Firefighters who have died in the line of duty John Butler Fireman 1865 SFDCharles Schreck Fireman 1871 SFDGeorge Puder Fireman 1873 SFDWilliam L. Harroid Hoseman 1887 SFDJohn Weihrs Fireman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38H_lowell-mason-1792-1872_Savannah-GA.html
Lowell Mason, noted composer of sacred music, was organist of the Independent Presbyterian Church (1820- 1827), and Superintendent of its Sunday School (1815- 1827). A native of New England, Mason moved to Savannah at the age of twenty. He resi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38B_old-sorrel-weed-house_Savannah-GA.html
A fine example of Greek Revival style, this building (completed in 1840 from the plans of Charles B. Cluskey, a well-known Georgia architect) shows the distinguished trend of Savannah architecture during the first half of the 19th century. The Med…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM388_former-home-of-henry-r-jackson_Savannah-GA.html
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 app…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37M_clinton-methodist-church_Gray-GA.html
This is the first Methodist church and the second church established in Jones County. Land was appropriated in 1810 and July 14, 1821 a deed to the Clinton Methodists was made effective. The church was "a frame house of good dimensions with substa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM377_first-girl-scout-headquarters-in-america_Savannah-GA.html
The house adjacent to this building was the home of Juliette Gordon Low at the time she founded Girl Scouting in the United States, March 12, 1912. Formerly the carriage-house and stable of the Low mansion, this building became that year the first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM376_birthplace-of-juliette-gordon-low_Savannah-GA.html
(Top):Birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low Founder of Girl Scouts In The United StatesOwned and Operated By The Girl Scouts Of The U.S.A. (Bottom):The Juliette Gordon LowbirthplaceHas Been Designated A NationalHistiric Landmark This Site Possesses…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM375_birthplace-of-juliette-low_Savannah-GA.html
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, th…
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