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In 1999 a major restoration project was begun under the auspices of the Tybee Island Historical Society, who took possession of the light station in 2002 under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. [2] [3] As part of this project the tower was repainted in the 1916–1966 black-white-black daymark.
Tybee Island is home to the first of what eventually became the Days Inn chain of hotels, the oft-photographed Tybee Island Light Station, and the Fort Screven Historic District. On February 5, 1958, the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped an atomic bomb into the sea off Tybee Island due to an accidental collision between two aircraft.
The earliest lighthouse in the state was erected in 1736; the oldest surviving tower is the Sapelo Island Light, though the present Tybee Island Light, erected in 1867, incorporates the base of its 1773 predecessor. [1] The last lighthouse in the state, the Savannah Light, was constructed in 1964. [1]
It was donated to Tybee Island Historical Society in 2007 and moved to the Tybee Lighthouse property. Both locations, the original and the one by the lighthouse, are on the trail.
As the restoration for the iconic Tybee Island Lighthouse chugs along, TIHS has received a grant for $7,500 to help complete it. Tybee Island Historical Society receives grant to support $1.6 ...
The Tybee Island Historical Society recently secured another grant to assist in the restoration of the lighthouse, which is currently in its third phase. Tybee Island Historical Society secures ...
Tybee Island Range Front Lighthouse, also known as Tybee (Knoll) Cut Range Front Lighthouse, was a lighthouse in Georgia, United States, at the mouth of the Savannah River, near Tybee Island, Georgia. This lighthouse should not be confused with more well-known Tybee Island Light Station.
The Tybee Island Historical Society unfurled a giant 30-foot-by-60-foot American Flag over the railing of Georgia's tallest lighthouse to remember 9/11.