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.♦♦where spring spends the winter
on sidewalks of "vari-sized slabs, many of which are also
van-colored. This is as unique as are the more than four
verdant acres which surround the venerable old courthouse.
It is safe to state there is no more beautifully-landscaped
grounds surrounding any other courthouse in the nation,
than here. Artificiality is foreign to the entire locale. The
landscaper responsible is a female: Mother Nature by name.
Shrimp boats and other fishing craft ply in and out of
the waterfront seemingly without end—and this is why
Brunswick’s seafoods are justly famed. Rivers and creeks
and ocean make of the area a veritable year-around haven
for boaters, bathers, fishermen (both simon pure and com
mercial), and the marshes stretching away on seaside are
lonely and magnificent. If one likes to hunt, nearby woods
afford the easy taking of varied animals and fowl.
With apologies to the- Chamber of Commerce, smoke
stacks do not jar and disturb reveries to any extent. Here is
a land lost in the cattails and the years that ebb and flow.
Aqd Brunswick is bid, of that you may be sure. In relation to
age, the opportunity is presented to leave the old town dream
ing in the sun, and cross the Torras Causeway to St. Simons
Island.
It was on St. Simons the British, under General James
Oglethorpe, built their first fortification. The artisians, sol
diers all, finished Fort Frederica 231 years ago in May, 1736.
So well did they labor, that walls of the fort—made of sand
and tabby rock—still stand to entrance the visitor. Fort
Frederica is a National Monument now and its popularity
among tourists has soared to an amazing degree. Here one
finds the parade grounds, portions of a barracks with arch
enough to accommodate horsesoldiers; excavation has un
earthed the basements of the homes of married officers and
various tradesmen. One may relive history for hours on these
breezes wept acres.
On the more modem side, St. Simons, Sea Island, Jekyll
Island and the Cumberlands, Big and Little, possess miles
of practically virgin beaches. On Sea Island, the tormented
playwright Eugene O’Neill, tarried long. Sidney Lanier, many
years earlier, was periodically drawn to Brunswick and the
unique and lush Marshes of Glynn. On St. Simons today is an
artists’ colony, served by a modem gallery.
The Cumberlands are accessible only by air or sea. No
matter, they’re privately owned and not open to the public
anyway. ,
Fine motels are everywhere in Brurjswick and on St.*Simons
and state-owned Jekyll. The visitor does not have to “rough
it” in any fashion. Surfing, with or without boards, is con
ducted on a large scale, and both Brunswick and the Golden
Isles boast an incredible number of golf courses. On Sea
Island the guriner can blast, away to his hurt’s content at
skeet and clay pigeons, regardless of the season.
Spring spends the winter here. Rarely does the wind turn
bitter in this favored section and if an occasional cold day
arrives it ^followed in a few hours by a great, moderation.
Conversely, the area does not steam in summer as do many
inland sections of the Southland; there is usually a fair breeze
from the endless ocean to temper July’s wrathful suns.
In Jekyll, the state has acquired a jewel extraordinary.
This isle was for many years reserved as a playground for
the very wealthy. Under private ownership for more than
fifty years, the island was kept unsullied and safe from
crass commercialism. Its woods remain unviolated under state
care today; its beaches remind one of a line from Lewis
Carroll’s “Alice”:
“If seven maids with seven mops were to sweep
it for half a year; Do you suppose, the Walrus'said,
That they should get it clear?”
Immaculate it lies, aloof from the mainland and washed
by dustless airs. What has Brunswick and its fortunate isles
to offer? What do you search for: peace and quiet, beach
parties, fishing, yachting, tennis and golf, leafy cathedrals,
buried pirate hoards, the sun and sea? You’ll find them here,
congregated in one of America’s most lavishly-endowed
vacationlands.
Make a trip to Glynn. You won’t be disappointed.
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OKEFENOKEE
SWAMP PARK
"land of the trembling earth"
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Historic Homes
its elliptical stairway and
handsome plasterwork.
Among the furnishings are
fine specimens of ancestral
Davenport china, as well as
Spode, Chinese Export and
Philadelphia Tucker china
pieces. This house is open to
visitors, Monday through
Saturday, with an admission
charge.
DAVENPORT HOUSE ENTRY
HALL provides a fitting recep
tion to the Historic Savannah
Foundation, Inc., headquartered
in this house.
OWENS-THOMAS
HOUSE, SAVANNAH: This
house is one of the most no
table examples of English
Regency architecture in
America. Designed by Wil
liam Jay, a young English ar
chitect, construction was be
gun in 1816 and completed
in 1819. The house has many
unique architectural features
including indirect lighting,
curved walls and doors, plas
ter work and a bridge in the
upstairs hall. There are also
many examples of eighteenth
century furniture and some
fine pieces by American cab
inet makers. The Marquis de
Lafayette stayed in this house
on his famous visit to Amer
ica in 1825. The house is
open to visitors seven days* a
week with an admission
charge.
COLONIAL DAMES
HOUSE, SAVANNAH: This
handsome Victorian house
was built about 1848 by An
drew Low, Anglo-American
cotton merchant of Liverpool
and Savannah. It was here in
1912 that Juliette Low or
ganized the first Girl Scout
troop in America. The Car
riage House serves today as
headquarters for the Girl
Scouts of Savannah. Famous
visitors include William
Makepeace Thackeray in
1853 and 1856, and Robert
E. Lee in 1870. Thejalousied
porches which overlook the
brick walled garden reflect
the West Indian plantation
influence. The front garden is
the original hour glass de
sign. The house is open
to visitors Monday through
Saturday with an admission
charge.
THORNTON HOUSE,
STONE MOUNTAIN: One
of the few remaining eigh
teenth century homes in
Georgia, Thornton House
was moved plank by plank
from Union Point to the High
Museum in Atlanta for re
storation. It has recently been
relocated at Stone Mountain.
Built around 1783 by Red
man Thornton, it is an out
standing example of the earl- t
ier, simpler structures in the^
Piedmont. With careful atten
tion to detail, the house and
grounds have been redone to
provide an authentic, realis
tic recreation of an eigh
teenth century plantation
house, furnished as it might
have been by Redman Thorn
ton. This house is open to the
public with an admission
charge.
THE OLD EXECUTIVE
MANSION, MILLEDGE-
VILLE: Now the home of
the president of the College
of Georgia, this majestic
Greek Revival house has
been called one of the more
perfect examples of this style
in the South. Built in 1838
from plans by C. B. Mc-
Ciusky and John Pell, for
$50,000, it has housed eight
Georgia governors. Renova
tion of the mansion began
two years ago and is now al
most completed. Fine ex
amples of period furniture
made by eminent American
and English cabinet makers
have been collected for the
mansion. It will be open, on
occasion, for visitors once
the restoration is completed.
THE MACKAY HOUSE,
AUGUSTA: Noted archi
tects have called this “the
finest example of Colonial
frame residential architecture
south of the Potomac.” Built
prior to 1750, the Mackay
House, “denominated the
White-House” by McCall in
1811, was restored by the
Georgia Historical Con^nis-
sion and established as a pre-
Revolutionary museum and
Shrine and opened to the
public in 1964. It is not only
the oldest house in Augusta,
but the most historic, be
cause of its time of terror
when a venomous British of
ficer had 13 wounded Ameri
can soldiers—one from each
state—hanged from its wind
ing staircase. The first floor
is equipped with furnishings
befitting an elegant home of
the eighteenth century; the
second contains a life-like di
orama depicting the famous
hanging scene.
WASHINGTON-WILKES
MUSEUM, WASHINGTON:
A charming ante-bellum
home furnished with period
pieces, the building also
houses a collection of Con
federate relics, Confederate
weapons, and Ku Klux Klan
regalia. Formerly the Bar-
nett-Slaton home, it dates
back to 1835. The Museum
is maintained by Georgia
Historical Society and is open
year-round.
CHIEF VANN HOUSE,
NEAR CHATSWORTH:
Built in 1804 by James Vann,
a wealthy Cherokee Indian^
this house has been called the
“show place erf the Cherokee
Indian nation”. Bricks, even
nails and hinges were hand-
wrought on the place, yet this
modified Georgian structure
is impressive by any stand
ards. Steeped in history, it
lodged President James Mon
roe overnight and John How
ard Payne was imprisoned
for sedition in an outbuilding.
The colorful interior has been
painstakingly restored by the
Georgia Historical Commis
sion. The house is open year-
round.
One of the country’s finest
private collections of antique
furniture is housed at
GREENOAKS PLANTA
TION, the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Green, near
Madison. Although Green-
oaks is not open to the pub
lic, the house—an exception
ally fine example of the
simple, late Georgian type of
architecture which was pop
ular in the Piedmont — may
be seen from the road. Built
around 1815, the house is
furnished with rare pieces of
the major American styles of
the eighteenth century.
The luxuriance and incon
sistence of the cotton econ
omy is vividly exemplified at
the STONE MOUNTAIN
PLANTATION with its lav
ish manor house and meanly
furnished slave quarters.
Eighteen ante-bellum build
ings were moved hundreds of
miles to recreate this self-
sustaining compound.
These are only a few
samplings of Georgia’s treas
ured old houses. They are all
about us — Jarrett Manor at
Toccoa, Eagle Tavern at (|
Watkinsville, the Opera
House at Columbus, Belle
vue at LaGrange, houses at
West Point, Sparta, Eaton-
ton, in truth, spread out over
this wonderful state—historic
homes mirroring the life and
times of other generations,
reflecting the fascinating her
itage of the last of the thir
teen original colonies.
Everyone Should Visit
ROOSEVELTS
LITTLE WHITE HOUSE
(Kept Just os He left It)
AND MUSEUM
Open Every Day, Indudmf Sundeyt. Holidays
Write For Free Folder —
Worm Springs, Go. 31830