Georgia Historical Society
The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is a statewide historical society in Georgia. Headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, GHS is one of the oldest historical organizations in the United States. Since 1839, the society has collected, examined, and taught Georgia history through a variety of educational outreach programs, publications, and research services.
The Research Center's Reading Room, W. B. Hodgson Hall
The Georgia Historical Society's Hodgson Hall in 2022.
Georgia Historical Society's Jepson House Education Center
Georgia historical marker, erected by the Georgia Historical Society in 2012
Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War, Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's fifth most populous city, with a 2020 U.S. census population of 147,780. The Savannah metropolitan area, Georgia's third-largest, had a 2020 population of 404,798.
Image: Savannah river street
Image: Savannah Park with Fountain
Image: Savannah GA USA Congregation Mickve Israel side
Image: Gingerbread House in Savannah