Photo Gallery

The King's Magazine

NPS/McDevitt

The remains of the King's Magazine still stand at Fort Frederica. The magazine was used for storing ammunition such as cannon balls.

 

The barracks at Fort Frederica

NPS/McDevitt

The Barracks at Fort Frederica housed approximately 100 soldiers. It was a two-story tabby building. If the soldiers did not live in the barracks, they shared a small palmetto hut with 5 or 6 other men.

 

Well inside Fort at Frederica

NPS/McDevitt

Several of the families had their own wells on their lot. There were two public wells in the front of the property. This particular well was inside the Fort. When the wells would start to dry up or the saltwater would start to intrude, the colonists dug a new well. Oftentimes they would use the old wells as trash pits.

 

Calwell House with oven

NPS/Staff

Mr. Calwell had the largest house in Frederica. It was a three-story brick and tabby house. Tabby was the coastal concrete, a mixture of water, lime, sand and crushed oyster shell. Brick was imported from England. He had an oven and hearth on the lowest level of his home.

 

 

Ruins of blacksmith shop

NPS/Staff

The ruins of the blacksmith shop are within the Fort. The blacksmith's skill in working with metal would have been needed if the Fort was attacked by the Spanish. He made gun parts, musketballs, and other metal objects that were needed by the soldiers.

 

Site of Bennet Tavern

NPS/Staff

This is the site of Bennet Tavern. Mrs. Bennet ran the most popular tavern in Frederica. Her first husband deserted Frederica, and died, soon after arrival in 1736. She remarried her servant Samuel Lee who ran the business into the ground

 

Live Oak tree draped with Spanish Moss

NPS/Staff

While none of the trees in the town site are original to the colonial period, live oak trees,draped with Spanish moss, line the remains of the the colonial streets and alleys..