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Tabby Slave Cabins, 1820s-1840s, Ossabaw Island
Modified for residential use in the 20th century and restored in the late 2000s, the three extant tabbies on Ossabaw Island represent the most significant surviving cluster of slave dwellings on the...
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Tabby Smoke House, Circa 1820, Ossabaw Island
Besides the tabby slave cabins, this is the only surviving structure from North End Plantation. It has been expanded with brick veneer. These days, it’s popular with the Sicilian Donkeys. National...
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Ruins of Wormsloe, 1740s, Savannah
Noble Jones was one of the original settlers of Georgia, coming to the colony with General James Oglethorpe in 1733. He applied for a land grant on the southern end of the Isle of Hope but the grant...
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St. Andrew’s Cemetery, 1810s, Darien
In the tradition of other historic cemeteries of Coastal Georgia, St. Andrew’s in Darien is worthy of note as an important public green space. An impressive collection of Victorian monuments share...
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St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church, 1876, Darien
Arguably Darien’s most beautiful church, St. Cyrpian’s can trace its origins to the years of devastation following the Civil War. Reverend Dr. James Wentworth Leigh arrived in the area from Great...
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Pink Chapel, St. Simons Island
It’s been shrouded in mystery and rumor for much of its history and the Pink Chapel (modern name) was actually built as the result of a feud between two families. But it wasn’t pink from the...
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Hampton Point Slave Dwelling Ruins, St. Simons Island
Major Pierce Butler (1744-1822) purchased Hampton Point near the northern end of St. Simons Island in 1774. Butler served South Carolina in the American Revolution, was a member of the Continental...
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Hampton Point Plantation Ruins, St. Simons Island
There is a small section of an original tabby wall on the right of the drive into the modern gated community at Hampton Point Plantation. Owners at some point incorporated tabby fencing (the lower...
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Mud River, Sapelo Island
This view of the Mud River, near the edge of Sapelo Sound, was made from inside the historic tabby barn at Chocolate.
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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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