Photo Gallery: Tybee Island in the 1980s Lewis ... Lewis discusses where and when the original lighthouse was built at the direction of Gen. Oglethorpe, when it washed away, when its replacement ...

Before: Tybee Island Lighthouse license plates on the road ... of the Tybee Lighthouse dates back to 1732 when General James Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia, ordered the construction ...

According to the Tybee Island Light Station and Museum, Oglethorpe described it as ... it was finally recognized as a lighthouse as the use of spermaceti candles inside of it allowed it to ...

The first phase of preserving Tybee Island's icon, the 1773 historical lighthouse, is right on schedule for repairs to its windows, Fresnel lens, roof and masonry. But there's one minor hiccup.

The police used social media to recover the doorknob from the observation deck door at the top of the tower, an "important piece of Tybee's history." Tybee Island police wrote on Facebook ...

If you want to use the shuttle, there are four pickup/drop-off locations available on Tybee Island - River’s End Campground and RV Park, the lighthouse ... location at the old Sears parking lot at the ...

TYBEE ISLAND ― There is a centuries-long story being told by two types of brick, exposed during the ongoing renovation of this historic lighthouse and removal of the surrounding stucco.

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s one of the great traditions in our area. Patriotic holidays are worthy of the giant flag flying from the top of the Tybee Lighthouse. “It’s a symbol that unites, I ...

It was the case of the missing doorknob. On June 3, workers at the Tybee Island lighthouse noticed that the 155-year-old fixture was missing from a door. They immediately took to social media ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. - An Indiana man is facing charges after police say he stole the doorknob off one of the doors of the historic Tybee Island Lighthouse during a trip to Georgia. Officials say on ...