Historical Marker

Massie Common School House (Historical Marker)

Savannah · Chatham County

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Funded by an 1841 bequest from Scottish planter Peter Massie to educate Savannah's poor children, the 1856 Greek Revival schoolhouse opened the city's pioneering public school system and briefly taught freed people after the Civil War.

About this site

Massie Common School House is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County. 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 32.0707, -81.0924 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Massie Common School House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Congregation Mickve Israel, Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home, and Casimir Pulaski.

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

Also at or near Savannah, Chatham County

“Massie Common School House” names 2 distinct records in Chatham County. This page is the historical marker in Savannah. The others:

Massie Common School House — Historic Place in Savannah

📍 32.0707, -81.0924 · Savannah, Chatham County

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