Historical Marker

Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences

Savannah · Chatham County · Erected 1956

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Opened in 1886 in Alexander Telfair's converted mansion, this is among the oldest public art museums in the South and was endowed by Mary Telfair, who willed the house to the Georgia Historical Society.

About this site

Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 1956. 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 32.0787, -81.0950 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Trinity Methodist Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Telfair Family Mansion, Telfair Museum of ART, and Telfair Academy.

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

📍 32.0787, -81.0950 · Savannah, Chatham County

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