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Tybee Community Center (Guardhouse, Fort Screven)

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1905; 2006–2007 restoration, Greenline Architecture. Van Horne St. at N. Campbell Ave.

The single-story, rectangular form of the former guardhouse with its hipped roof and full-width front porch is the most common type found at army posts of the period, with minor individual variations, such as the front gable dormer included here. Its location, at the site of the main gate and adjacent to the post’s parade ground, is also typical. In addition to providing guardroom space for the duty section and office space for the duty officer, the building also housed the post’s prison. The restored guardhouse now serves as the Tybee Community Center and the adjacent parade ground is Jaycee Park.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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What's Nearby

Houses (Officers Row, Fort Screven)
Fort Screven
Fort Screven Batteries
Tybee Lighthouse Station
Tybee Island Light Station

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Tybee Community Center (Guardhouse, Fort Screven)", [Tybee Island, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-15.6.1.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 238-238.

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