Between May 26 and 27, 2015, Brockington and Associates, Inc. conducted an intensive Phase I cultural resource survey of a 6.43-acre Italian Club tract for a proposed addition to the Savannah State University (SSU) campus, located south of Livingston Avenue along Country Club Creek in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Project plans call for the construction of a new marine sciences laboratory facility at the SSU campus. The proposed facility will include construction of a dock for deep-water access and the construction of a 17,000-square-foot building for research and instruction in marine sciences, as part of the College of Science and Technology. This investigation was conducted for Coleman Company Inc., on behalf of Savannah State University, as a permit requirement pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, as amended.
This investigation was conducted to determine whether any known historic properties (i.e., archaeological sites, buildings, structures, objects, or districts listed on or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places [NRHP]) may be affected by the proposed project. This investigation includes a survey of both the archaeological and architectural Area of Potential Effect (APE). The archaeological APE consists of the footprint of the 6.43-acre project tract, and the architectural APE consists of the project tract and its viewshed.
The archaeological field survey identified one isolated find and no newly recorded archaeological sites within the project APE. The isolated find is ineligible for the NRHP, and does not warrant any further management consideration. The historic resource field survey identified seven newly recorded architectural resources. These resources are a patchwork of residential homes built by individual property owners between 1941 and 1963 and consist of varying house types. These resources do not represent a viable historic district. Individually, these seven historic resources are ineligible for the NRHP. Therefore, the proposed project would have no adverse effect on historic resources. We recommend cultural resource clearance for the Savannah State Italian Club project tract, and no further cultural resource management considerations for this project are warranted.
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