Historical Marker

Beach Institute

Savannah · Chatham County · Erected 2008

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The Story

Founded in 1867 by the American Missionary Association and Freedmen's Bureau and funded by Scientific American editor Alfred Ely Beach, the Beach Institute was an early Savannah school built for educating newly freed African Americans.

About this site

Beach Institute is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2008. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0725, -81.0884 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is King-tisdell Cottage Foundation (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home, Minor Basilica Proclamation, and Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.0725, -81.0884 · Savannah, Chatham County

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