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Shuman’s Grocery
Fleming, Georgia A subtle reminder that US Highway 17 (The Coastal Highway) was a busy artery before the advent of Interstate 95.
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Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church, 1885
This congregation was first organized around 1830 by prominent Bryan Neck rice planters including Thomas Savage Clay, Richard James Arnold, and George Washington McCallister. The first church building...
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Fort McAllister
Located near the mouth of the Ogeechee River in Bryan County, Fort McAllister was a Confederate earthwork fortification. Named for Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Longworth McAllister, who owned the...
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Bryan Neck Missionary Baptist Church
Organized in 1869, this is the oldest African-American church congregation in lower Bryan County. The first structure for the church, a Prayer House, was built in 1870 on this site near the white...
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George Washington Carver School, 1939
On these grounds in 1939, Henry Ford built a school to serve the educational needs of the African-American children of lower Bryan County. Professor Herman Cooper was appointed as the Principal when...
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Martha-Mary Chapel, 1937
Acquired by the Diocese of Savannah in 1955 and renamed St. Anne’s Catholic Church, this chapel was built by Henry & Clara Ford and named for their mothers (Mary was Henry’s mother and Martha was...
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Tivoli River, Bryan County
This is the view at the Tivoli River Fishing Pier & Kayak Launch, on Belfast-Keller Road, and it’s the first public “kayak/canoe-only launch” in Coastal Georgia. The Tivoli is an 8.9 mile-long...
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Kilkenny Marina, Bryan County
Kilkenny Marina is small and the store quite basic but online reviews consistently compliment the friendly folks working here. And the location, at historic Kilkenny Plantation, is unbeatable.
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Kilkenny, Circa 1845, Bryan County
Overlooking Kilkenny Creek (sometimes referred to as the Kilkenny River), Kilkenny (pronounced “Kill-Cainey”) was the 662-arcre property of Thomas Young (1733-1808) beginning around 1765. Young was...
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Bryan County Courthouse, 1938, Pembroke
Pembroke is one of the newest county seats in Georgia, having been chosen for this distinction when the construction of Fort Stewart cut off the previous county seat, Clyde, from public access. Though...
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Bacon Street, Pembroke
Maxine Todd writes: I love that street. It holds many memories for me. It’s where I stood as a young teenager and waved and shot peace signs to all the soldiers going to Fort Stewart.
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Memorial Day Remembrance, Pembroke
This photograph was made in 2010. It was one of the nicest patriotic displays I’ve seen and I hope they’re still doing it every year.
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Shotgun House, Ellabell
This unusual shotgun house is half the depth of a normal version and features ornamentation uncommon in Georgia examples.
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Rossie Shuman Adams House, Ellabell
Faye Morris Sanders writes: This was the home of Rossie Shuman Adams. A very sweet lady who is missed by all the loved ones. I’ve been in the house a few times with my sister, Kaye Morris Shuman who...
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Ellabell United Methodist Church, 1904, Bryan County
Organized as Bethany in 1854, this congregation built their first church around 1860 about a mile from the present location. In 1900, during the pastorate of Reverend J. H. Frisbee, Bethany agreed to...
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Ellabell Feed & Seed
A user on Vanishing South Georgia wrote: The Pine Mountain Gas Station used to be here but burned down sometime in the 1980s. There was an alligator out back they called Old Joe. If you called him you...
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Lanier, Georgia
Located between Pembroke and Ellabell on US 280, Lanier was established in 1893 and a post office operated here until 1955. One viewer has identified this as the Stubbs turpentine commissary, but I...
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Glen Echo, Circa 1773, Bryan County
Also known as the Bird-Everett-Morgan House, Glen Echo is the oldest house in Bryan County, and among the oldest in Georgia. The land on which it stands was part of a 400-acre king’s grant made to...
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