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The first school built specifically for freed Black people in Savannah, funded by the editor of Scientific American, now houses 240+ folk sculptures by Ulysses Davis.
Everything that was here
- 1867–present · still open
Beach InstituteMuseum / Cultural Center
The first school built specifically for freed Black people in Savannah, funded by the editor of Scientific American, now houses 240+ folk sculptures by Ulysses Davis.
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200 Abercorn Street · 314 m away
Clary's Cafe
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