- Isle of Hope National Historic
District Marker
- Located on Skidaway Rd. 1/4 mile from entrance of
Wormslow Historic Site
- 31°58.934, 081°04.227
ISLE OF HOPE
NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
IN 1736, NOBLE JONES, JOHN FALLOWFIELD
AND HENRY PARKER SETTLED THIS IMPORTANT OUTPOST ON THE COLONY'S
INLAND WATERWAY TO THE SOUTH AND NAMED IT ISLE OF HOPE. JONES'
WORMSLOE [WORMSLOW]PLANTATION WAS FORTIFIED AND ARMED AGAINST
SPANISH ATTACH UNTIL 1742. THE ISLAND DEVELOPED PEACEFULLY THROUGH
THE REVOLUTION, STILL IMPORTANT AS AN INLAND PORT.
THE 1800'S BROUGHT MORE RESIDENTS AND FARMS.
ALTHOUGH STRONGLY ARMED DURING THE CIVIL WAR, NO ACTION TOOK
PLACE. BY 1870 DAILY TRAINS SERVED THE GROWING INTEREST IN THE
ISLAND AS A RESORT. BARBEE'S PAVILION, AT THE RIVER TERMINUS
OF THE RAILROAD, BECAME WORLD RENOWN IN THE 1920'S. ACTIVITY
CENTERED ON THE RIVER AND MANY LARGE HOMES WERE BUILT. ISLE OF
HOPE CONTINUES TODAY AS A TRANQUIL OUTPOST OF COASTAL LIFE.
ERECTED BY ISLE OF HOPE
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.
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