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St. Catherine's Island

South Newport, Georgia
County of Liberty.
National Register Number: 69000332
 Resource type: District.
Property type: Historic District: Historical.
Congressional District: GA-1 Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - December 16, 1969):
Important Spanish mission center (1566-1684). Button Gwinnett, delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence, purchased the island in 1765 and lived here.


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