Savannah, GA

Andrew Bryan Marker
DESCRIPTION: A Georgia State Historical Marker named in honor of the father of the Black Baptists church in America; Andrew Bryan was at Goose Creek, SC about 1716; he came to Savannah as a slave and was baptized by a Negro Missionary, Rev. George Liele in 1781; since the British promised freedom to every slave during the Revolutionary War, Liele evacuated with the Brits in 1782 as the war turned against them; by 1783 as the war ended, Bryan began preaching at Yamacraw and Brampton Plantations; in 1788, he founded "the" First African Baptist Church; the marker is located across from First Bryan church

ADDRESS: 500 West Bryan street  MAP

 

Scarbrough House
DESCRIPTION: located in the present Ships of the Sea Museum, this elegant home was built in 1819 for William Scarbrough, president of the Savannah Steamship Company; the architect was the posthumously noted William Jay from England; after a period of vacancy it was soold to the Savannah Board of education and functioned as West Broad Street School from 1878-1962, one of the first public schools for African American children in the city; in 1972 it was acquired by the Historic Savannah Foundation and restoration began

ADMISSION: $8 Adults, $6 Students and Age 65+, Age 5 and under enter Free

DAYS & HOURS: Tue-Sun 10a-5p

ADDRESS: 41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd  MAP

PARKING: on premises and street

PHONE: 912-232-1511

WEBSITE: http://www.shipsofthesea.org

Laurel Grove - South Cemetery
DESCRIPTION: Dedicated in 1852 for the burial of free persons of color and slaves, this cemetery is the resting place of many of Savannah's most famous citizens, including a number of Georgia's earliest prominent African-American pastors, such as Andrew Bryan

ADDRESS: Kollock Street at 37th Street  MAP

Carver State Bank
DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1927 by L.B. Toomer, it is the only independent historically Black bank in southeast Georgia

ADDRESS: 918 Montgomery Street  MAP

PHONE: 912-201-0417

International F & AM Masons
DESCRIPTION: An Eastern Star branch of this old, venerable organization of masons

 

ADDRESS: 912 Drayton Street  MAP

PHONE: 912-236-4478