In February 2005, Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI) performed an intensive cultural resource assessment survey of the approximately 100-acre SEDA Properties-Hutchinson Island Tract in Chatham County, Georgia, on behalf of the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA). The goal of the survey was to locate, identify, delineate, and evaluate all historic properties within the project's area of potential effect (APE) in terms of the criteria of eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. The cultural resource assessment survey included a pedestrian inspection combined with systematic shovel testing at 30 and 90-meter intervals. As a result of the survey, three archaeological sites (9CH1 063-9CH1 065) were recorded. No standing historic structures were encountered within or near the subject property. Several structures associated with a nearby cement factory can be seen from the project tract, but are not 50 years or older. Based on the results, none of the three sites are considered eligible for NRHP inclusion.
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