Historical Marker

Fort Screven

Tybee Island · Chatham County · Erected 1958

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The Story

Established in 1897 as a coastal fortification, Fort Screven guarded the approach to Savannah with concrete Endicott-era gun batteries through both world wars before closing in 1947 and passing to the town of Tybee.

About this site

Fort Screven is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County, erected in 1958. 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 32.0215, -80.8441 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is H.M.S. Otranto and Fort Screven (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Loss of the HMS <i>Otranto</i> October 1918, Tybee Island, and Tybee Island’s Lazaretto or Quarantine Station.

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

📍 32.0215, -80.8441 · Tybee Island, Chatham County

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