Fort Augusta
 
 

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Located near the downtown bank of the Savannah River, this granite monument marks the site of Fort Augusta. The inscription states the following:

 
 

THIS STONE MARKS THE SITE

OF THE

COLONIAL FORT AUGUSTA

BUILT BY ORDER OF

GENERAL OGLETHORPE

AND THE TRUSTEES

IN 1735,

AND KNOWN,

DURING THE REVOLUTION AS

FORT CORNWALLIS.

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH WAS BUILT

IN 1750.

UNDER A CURTAIN OF THIS FORT.

 
 

Photo: Ed Jackson

 

© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia

 

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