#53 'Savannah Offiicers Row Tybee Beach'

When the U.S. Army arrived in 1849 to establish a new post on the western frontier, few of the officers could afford to bring their families out to such a remote and lonely command. A thriving community of soldiers, officers, and their wives and children grew as the region gained in its importance. The early log cabin style quarters on Officers Row were eventually replaced with larger and more elegant residences, better suited to the status of their occupants.  From the last decades of the 19th century until World War II, Officers Row was the setting for a vibrant social scene. 

By the early 1900s, visitors to the Row extolled the luxurious ambience of the tree-lined boulevard in front of the ”handsome… dwellings, with beautifully kept grounds, all abound with roses, and with jets of water playing on all the lawns.”

Large Image Size:  21.75' x 28' image  w/4” borders = 30" x 36"  Medium Image Size: 10" x 13" w/3" borders = 16" x 19"  Printed on Fine Smooth Rag Paper.