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St. Simons Park marker St. Simons Park. Just north of the village on St. Simons Island off Mallery Street is a park of oak trees named St. Simons Park. On the southern edge of the oaks, along a narrow lane, is a low earthen mound where 30 Timucuan Native Americans are buried.
Gascoigne Bluff. Gascoigne Bluff is a bluff next to the Frederica River on the western side of the island of St. Simons, Georgia which was a Native American campground, the site of a Franciscan monastery named San Buenaventura, and the site of the Province of Georgia's first naval base.
Fort Frederica National Monument, on St. Simons Island, Georgia, preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort and town built by James Oglethorpe between 1736 and 1748 to protect the southern boundary of the British colony of Georgia from Spanish raids. [4] About 630 British troops were stationed at the fort.
Popular points of interest include the Pier Village area of St. Simons and the historic King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort, which first opened as a seaside dance club in 1935. Plan A Trip Angel Oak
The St. Simons Lighthouse, along with the northernmost water tower on Jekyll Island, creates the demarcation line that separates St. Simons Sound from the Atlantic Ocean. The lighthouse is a picturesque and beloved symbol of St. Simons Island and Glynn County, Georgia. It is the subject of many paintings and other artistic renderings. [7]
St. Simons Island: Two-story garage and residence built in 1925, formerly associated with an estate that no longer exists, converted to a residence-only. 18: US Coast Guard Station-St. Simons Island: US Coast Guard Station-St. Simons Island
Glynn Academy, established to educate boys, is the second oldest school in Georgia. Glynn County includes the most prominent of the Sea Islands of Georgia, including Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island, and Sea Island. The Georgia poet Sidney Lanier immortalized the seacoast there in his poem, "The Marshes of Glynn", which begins:
Jewtown was one of three historic African American communities on Saint Simons settled after the Civil War by emancipated slaves. [2] The town got its name from the presence of a store established by Jewish members of the Levison family in the 1880s. [3] [4] A variant name for the town was "Levisonton". [5]