Tabby

Coastal Georgia's builders mixed oyster shells, lime, and sand into a concrete called tabby, durable enough that Major William Horton's 1743 Jekyll Island house still stands as one of the state's oldest tabby ruins.

Tabby is a historical marker in Jekyll 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 31.1017, -81.4146 near Jekyll Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Major William Horton (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Horton-duBignon House, Horton House Historic Site, and Poulain du Bignon and du Bignon Burying Ground.

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