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Named for naval officer James Gascoigne, who escorted the 1736 Frederica settlers, this bluff supplied the dense live-oak timber cut in 1794 to build the USS Constitution and her sister frigates.
Historical Marker
Gascoigne Bluff (marker-12229)
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About this site
Gascoigne Bluff is a historical marker in St. Simons Island, Glynn County, erected in 1956. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.1697, -81.4076 near St. Simons Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hamilton Plantation (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cassina Garden Club Houses, A Man Named Wesley Passed This Way / Lovely Lane Chapel, and Epworth By The Sea / Epworth Pioneers.
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 St. Simons Island, Glynn County
“Gascoigne Bluff” names 2 distinct records in Glynn County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1956 in St. Simons Island. The others:
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Nearby in Glynn County
Historical Marker
Hamilton Plantation
St. Simons Island · 2008
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Cassina Garden Club Houses
St. Simons Island · 1965
Historical Marker
A Man Named Wesley Passed This Way / Lovely Lane Chapel
St. Simons Island
Historical Marker
Epworth By The Sea / Epworth Pioneers
St. Simons Island
Historical Marker
A Mission By The Sea / Susannah Wesley
St. Simons Island
Historical Marker
Captain Gascoigne
St. Simons Island
Historical Marker
Gascoigne Bluff
St. Simons Island · 1956
Cemetery
Stranger Cemetery
Saint Simons