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Oglethorpe's 1733 town plan included a public store, the Trustees' communal warehouse that distributed provisions and tools to colonists under Georgia's early system of regulated, charity-funded settlement.
Historical Marker
The Public Store
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About this site
The Public Store is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 1929. 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 32.0798, -81.0908 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Christ Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Washington’s Southern Tour, Nathanael Greene Monument, and Savannah Historic District.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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