Blue Star Memorial. A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America. Sponsored by Richmond Hill Garden Club In cooperation with The City of Richmond Hill And Oleander District The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.
In J.F. Gregory City Park off of Cedar St., Richmond Hill, GA, United States
The "Bottom" Village. The "Bottom" residential village, built in the mid-1930s, was the first housing project developed by Henry Ford for his employees in the Ways Station (later Richmond Hill) area. The name originated from the fact that the area had been a swamp or a "bottom" before Ford had it cleared and drained. There was a similar employee residential community on the Clyde Road just west of Ways Station called "Blueberry Village". In the Bottom there were 75 two - and - three - bedroom homes built for Ford's workers. Also in the development were a recreation building and a baseball field. No rent was charged employees until 1945 when Ford, acceding to Internal Revenue Service requirements, began charging the modest sum of $15 per month. Ford, in turn, raised their pay $15 per month to take care of the rent.
Mimosa St. at Ford Ave. (Ga. 144), Richmond Hill, GA, United States
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 Presbyterian church (Burnt Church). London Harris, a freedman and spiritual leader of the local black community, was one of the organizers and first pastor for this church. The church was renovated and enlarged with support from Henry Ford at the time the nearby Harbor school was built in 1939.
Located in front of the church at 16525 Bryan Neck Rd. (S.R. 144), Richmond Hill, GA, United States
Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church. This church, the oldest congregation in lower Bryan County, was certified by the Presbytery of Georgia in 1830. Its founders included rice planters on Bryan Neck, among them Thomas Savage Clay, Richard James Arnold and George Washington McAllister. The first meeting house was constructed in 1839 three miles north of this site on the Bryan Neck Road. The current sanctuary, the oldest public building in Bryan County, was built in 1885 after the first building burned. The cemetery, known as Burnt Church Cemetery, remains at the original site and includes the graves of the church's prominent early members. 2001.11 Erected by the Georgia Historical Society, Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church, and Richmond Hill Historical Society 15-1
7533 Belfast Keller Rd, Richmond Hill, GA, United States
Burnt Church Cemetery. Near this site in 1830 the Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church was established, being the oldest organized congregation in Bryan County. The church served the numerous plantar families of lower Bryan, which had become one of the most productive agricultural sections on the south Atlantic coast. The church burial ground was adjacent to the wood-frame sanctuary. On these grounds are interred members of some of Bryan County's most prominent early families, including those of Clay, McAllister and Maxwell. The original church accidentally burned in 1882 and a new edifice was built in 1885 several miles east, near Keller.
Burnt Church Cemetery, Bryan Neck Rd. (Ga. 144), Richmond Hill, GA, United States
Canaan Church. This congregation of the Canaan Baptist Church, primarily African-American, was organized in 1913 by Rev. David Boles, Sr., who was pastor, and Brother Fred Gilbert, Deacon. It was the only organized denominational church in what is now Richmond Hill during the early 20th century. The present sanctuary was built with support from Henry Ford. Many of the original congregants of the church were descendants of the antebellum rice plantation slaves of nearby Cherry Hill and Silk Hope plantations.
10872 Henry Ford Avenue at Pinecrest Ave, Richmond Hill, GA, United States
Capt. Nicholas Clinch. When called upon by a Union officer to surrender during Sherman's assault, December 13, 1864, Clinch responded with a blow of his sword. After three sabre, six bayonet, and two gunshot wounds, he was taken. GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1963
Fort McAllister State Park, Richmond Hill, GA, United States
Capt. John McCrady Designer of Fort McAllister. Charlestonian, a student of Agassiz at Harvard, then professor of mathematics at the College of Charleston, he resigned his position at the outbreak of the war and became an officer in the Confederate engineers. Transferred to Savannah he spent his efforts surrounding that city with an extensive ring of defenses. The rest of his life was academic. He returned to his old professorship in Charleston, later became assistant to Agassiz, then professor of biology at the University of the South, Sewannee, Tennessee. GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1963
Fort McAllister, Richmond Hill, GA, United States