Stuart Wade, Envision Virtual Tours The second-largest and most developed of Georgia's barrier islands, St. Simons is approximately twelve miles long and nearly three miles wide at its widest stretch (roughly the size of Manhattan Island in New York). The island is located in Glynn County on Georgia's coast and lies east of Brunswick (the seat of Glynn County), south of Little St. Simons Island and the Hampton River, and north of Jekyll Island. The resort community of Sea Island is separated from St. Simons on the east by the Black Banks River. Known for its oak tree canopies and historic landmarks, St. Simons is both a tourist destination and, according to the 2010 U.S. census, home to 12,743 residents. Early History The earliest St. Simons Island Village record of human habitation on the island dates to the Late Archaic Period, about 5,000 to 3,000 years ago. Remnants of shell rings left behind by Native Americans from this era survive on many of the barrier islands, including St. Simons. Centuries later, during the period known by historians as the chiefdom era, the Guale Indians established a chiefdom centered on St. Catherines Island and used St. Simons as their hunting and fishing grounds. By 1500 the Guale had established a permanent village of about 200 people on St. Simons, which they called Guadalquini. Beginning in 1568, the Spanish attempted to create missions along the Georgia coast. Catholic missions were the primary means by which Georgia's indigenous Native American chiefdoms were assimilated into the Spanish colonial system along the northern frontier of greater Spanish Florida. In the 1600s St. Simons became home to two Spanish missions: San Buenaventura de Guadalquini, on the southern tip of the island, and Santo Domingo de Asao (or Asajo), on the northern tip. Located on the inland side of the island were the pagan refugee villages of San Simón, the island's namesake, and Ocotonico. In 1684 pirate raids left the missions and villages largely abandoned. Colonial History As Fort Frederica early as 1670, with Great Britain's establishment of the colony of Carolina and its expansion into Georgia territory, Spanish rule was threatened by the English. The Georgia coast was considered "debatable land" by England and Spain, even though Spain had fully retreated from St. Simons by 1702. Thirty-one years later General James Edward Oglethorpe founded the English settlement of Savannah. In 1736 he established Fort Frederica, named after the heir to the British throne, Frederick Louis, prince of Wales, on the west side of St. Simons Island to protect Savannah and the Carolinas from the Spanish threat. Between 1736 and 1749 Fort Frederica was the hub of British military operations along the Georgia frontier. A town of the same name grew up around the fort and was of great importance to the new colony. By 1740 Frederica's population was 1,000. In 1736 the congregation of what would become Christ Church was organized within Fort Frederica as a mission of the Church of England. Charles Wesley led the first services. In 1742 Britain's decisive victory over Spain in the Battle of Bloody Marsh, during the War of Jenkins' Ear, ended the Spanish threat to the Georgia coast. When the British regimen disbanded in 1749, most of the townspeople relocated to the mainland. Fort Frederica went into decline and, except for a short time of prosperity during the 1760s and 1770s under the leadership of merchant James Spalding, never fully recovered. Today the historic citadel's tabby ruins are maintained by the National Park Service. Plantation Era By the start of the American Revolution (1775-83), Fort Frederica was obsolete, and St. Simons was left largely uninhabited as most of its residents joined the patriot army. Besides hosting a small Georgia naval victory on the Fort Frederica River, providing guns from its famous fort for use at Fort Morris in Sunbury, and serving as an arena for pillaging by privateers and British soldiers, the island played almost no role in the war. Following the war, many of the townspeople, their businesses destroyed, turned to agriculture. The island was transformed into fourteen cotton plantations after acres of live oak trees were cleared for farm land and used for building American warships, including the famous USS Constitution, or "Old Ironsides." Although rice was the predominant crop along the neighboring Altamaha River, St. Simons was known for its production of long-staple cotton, which soon came to be known as Sea Island cotton. Between Ebos Landing the 1780s and the outbreak of the Civil War (1861-65), St. Simons's plantation culture flourished. The saline atmosphere and the availability of cheap slave labor proved an ideal combination for the cultivation of Sea Island cotton. In 1803 a group of Ebo slaves who survived the Middle Passage and arrived on the west side of St. Simons staged a rebellion and drowned themselves. The sacred site is known today as Ebos Landing. One of the largest owners of land and slaves on St. Simons was Pierce Butler, master of Hampton Point Plantation, located on the northern end of the island. By 1793 Butler owned more than 500 slaves, who cultivated 800 acres of cotton on St. Simons and 300 acres of rice on Butler's Island in the Altamaha River delta. Butler's grandson, Pierce Mease Butler, who at the age of sixteen inherited a share of his grandfather's estate in 1826, was responsible for the largest sale of human beings in the history of the United States: in 1859, to restore his squandered fortune, he sold 429 slaves in Savannah for more than $300,000. The British actress and writer Fanny Kemble, whose tumultuous marriage to Pierce ended in divorce in 1849, published an eyewitness account of the evils of slavery on St. Simons in her book Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 (1863). Another Retreat Plantation large owner of land and slaves on St. Simons was Major William Page, a friend and employee of Pierce Butler Sr. Before purchasing Retreat Plantation on the southwestern tip of the island in 1804, Page managed the Hampton plantation and Butler's Island. Upon Page's death in 1827, Thomas Butler King inherited the land together with his wife, Page's daughter, Anna Matilda Page King. King expanded his father-in-law's planting empire on St. Simons as well as on the mainland, and by 1835 Retreat Plantation alone was home to as many as 355 slaves. The center of life during the island's plantation era was Christ Church, Frederica. Organized in 1807 by a group of island planters, the Episcopal church is the second oldest in the Diocese of Georgia. Embargoes imposed by the War of 1812 (1812-15) prevented the parishioners from building a church structure, so they worshiped in the home of John Beck, which stood on the site of Oglethorpe's only St. Simons residence, Orange Hall. The first Christ Church building, finished on the present site in 1820, was ruined by occupying Union troops during the Civil War. In 1884 the Reverend Anson Dodge Jr. rebuilt the church as a memorial to his first wife, Ellen. The cruciform building with a trussed gothic roof and stained-glass windows remains active today as Christ Church. Civil War and Beyond The St. Simons Island Lighthouse outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 put a sudden end to St. Simons's lucrative plantation era. In January of that year, Confederate troops were stationed at the south end of the island to guard the entrance to Brunswick Harbor. Slaves from Retreat Plantation, owned by Thomas Butler King, built earthworks and batteries. Plantation residents were scattered—the men joined the Confederate army and their families moved to the mainland. Cannon fire was heard on the island in December 1861, and Confederate troops retreated in February 1862, after dynamiting the lighthouse to keep its beacon from aiding Union troops. Soon thereafter, Union troops occupied the island, which was used as a camp for freed slaves. By August 1862 more than 500 former slaves lived on St. Simons, including Susie King Taylor, who organized a school for freed slave children. But in November the ex-slaves were taken to Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Fernandina, Florida, leaving the island abandoned. After the Civil War the island never returned to its status as an agricultural community. The plantations lay dormant because there were no slaves to work the fields. After Union general William T. Sherman's January 1865 Special Field Order No. 15 —a demand that former plantations be divided and distributed to former slaves—was overturned by U.S. president Andrew Johnson less than a year later, freedmen and women were forced to work as sharecroppers on the small farms that dotted the land previously occupied by the sprawling plantations. By St. Simons Lumber Mills 1870 real economic recovery began with the reestablishment of the timber industry. Norman Dodge and Titus G. Meigs of New York set up lumber mill operations at Gascoigne Bluff, formerly Hamilton Plantation. The lumber mills provided welcome employment for both blacks and whites and also provided mail and passenger boats to the mainland. Such water traffic, together with the construction of a new lighthouse in 1872, designed by architect Charles B. Cluskey, marked the beginning of St. Simons's tourism industry. The keeper of the lighthouse created a small amusement park, which drew many visitors, as did the seemingly miraculous light that traveled from the top of the lighthouse tower to the bottom. The island became a summer retreat for families from the mainland, particularly from Baxley, Brunswick, and Waycross. The island's resort industry was thriving by the 1880s. Beachfront structures, such as a new pier and grand hotel, were built on the southeastern end of the island and could be accessed by ferry. Around this time wealthy northerners began vacationing on the island. Twentieth Century The St. Simons Island Pier and Village opening in 1924 of the Brunswick–St. Simons Highway, today known as the Torras Causeway, was a milestone in the development of resorts in the area. St. Simons's beaches were now easily accessible to locals and tourists alike. More than 5,000 automobiles took the short drive from Brunswick to St. Simons via the causeway on its opening day, paving the way for convenient residential and resort development. In 1926 automotive pioneer Howard Coffin of Detroit, Michigan, bought large tracts of land on St. Simons, including the former Retreat Plantation, and constructed a golf course, yacht club, paved roads, and a residential subdivision. Although the causeway had brought large numbers of summer people to the island, St. Simons remained a small community with only a few hundred permanent residents until the 1940s. The St. Simons Island outbreak of World War II (1941-45) brought more visitors and residents to St. Simons. Troops stationed at Jacksonville, Florida; Savannah; and nearby Camp Stewart took weekend vacations on the island, and a new naval air base and radar school became home to even more officers and soldiers. The increased wartime population brought the island its first public school. With a major shipyard for the production of Liberty ships in nearby Brunswick, the waters of St. Simons became active with German U-boats. In April 1942, just off the coast, the Texas Company oil tanker S. S. Oklahoma and the S. S. Esso Baton Rouge were torpedoed by the Germans, bringing the war very close to home for island residents. Due in large part to the military's improvement of the island's infrastructure during the war, development on the island boomed in the 1950s and 1960s. More permanent homes and subdivisions were built, and the island was no longer just a summer resort but also a thriving community. In 1950 the Methodist conference and retreat center Epworth by the Sea opened on Gascoigne Bluff. In 1961 novelist Eugenia Price visited St. Simons and began work on her first works of fiction, known as the St. Simons Trilogy. Inspired by real events on the island, Price's trilogy renewed interest in the history of Georgia's coast, and the novelist herself relocated to the island in 1965 and lived there for thirty-one years. St. Simons is also home to contemporary Georgia writer Tina McElroy Ansa. Since Epworth by the Sea 1980 St. Simons's population has doubled. The island's continued status as a vacation destination and its ongoing development boom have put historic landmarks and natural areas at risk. While such landmarks as the Fort Frederica ruins and the Battle of Bloody Marsh site are preserved and maintained by the National Park Service, and while the historic lighthouse is maintained by the Coastal Georgia Historical Society, historic Ebos Landing has been taken over by a sewage treatment plant. Several coastal organizations have formed in recent years to save natural areas on the island. The St. Simons Land Trust, for example, has received donations of large tracts of land and plans to protect property in the island's three traditional African American neighborhoods. Despite its rapid growth and development, St. Simons remains one of the most beautiful and important islands on the Georgia coast.

Modern Italian Sideboard Salina by LC Mobili Made in Italy by LC Mobili Salina by LC Mobili is a modern italian living and dining room furniture collection that allows entirely to furnish and adorn your interior in one style. The Salina line includes tv stand (two sizes), sideboard (two versions), highboard, curio, wall shelf, coffee table, dining table and side chairs. All the pieces in the Salina collection by LC Mobili feature rather simple but modern design and are made in a High Gloss White lacquer. The buffet is available in two versions: four doors or two doors with three central drawers, providing lots of hidden storage space for your everyday items. Optional LED lighting will compliment the luxury look of the white high gloss lacquer finish, adding to the modern feel of the interior. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: E1-Class ecological panels, which are produced exclusively through a wood recycling production process The structures and front wood finishes are made of chipboard The lacquered structures and fronts are made of REAL POLISH SCRATCH PROOF LACQUERING, which is a non toxic and non allergenic product The starting price is for the 4-Door Sideboard Salina. The Lights are not included in the price and can be purchased separately. Dimensions: 2-Door / 3-Drawer Sideboard: W75.2" x D20.1" x H31.5" 4-Door Sideboard: W82.7" x D20.1" x H31.5" Small TV Stand: W55.1" x D20.1" x H16.5" Large TV Stand: W74.8" x D20.1" x H16.5" Highboard: W46.9" x D20.1" x D53.9" Curio: W28.3" x D20.1" x H77.6" Wall Shelf: W74.8" x D8.7" x H7.9" Dining Table: W70.9" x D35.4" x H31.1" Coffee Table: W51.2" x D25.6" x H15.7"

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Modern Wall Unit Kubo 58 by Artigian Mobili Italy Made in Italy Kubo is a modular wall unit collection represented by ArtigianMobili, large Italian furniture manufacturer world-famous for their innovative entertainment centers. Kubo is remarkable for its modern look, lots of customization options and super functionality, providing great storage opportunities. The Kubo wall unit line is super flexible and can be adjusted to your individual dimensions and creative design ideas. There is a wide selection of units that are available in different dimensions. The variety of units is complemented with enormous color opportunities: all the units can be ordered in either our pre-selected colors or, for the extra charge, even in your custom RAL COLOR, either gloss or matt! Feel free to select from our "as shown" wall unit compositions or activate your reveal individuality building your own entertainment center! Contact our Office regarding customization of this wall unit - we are always ready to help! MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: Structure is made of 18 mm (0.7") thick wooden particles melamine panels Doors & Drawers are made of 18 mm (0.7") thick MDF with Polymeric Finish Soft closing slow-motion hardware Lights (if any) CE marked and comply with the directives 93/68/EEC and 92/31/EEC The starting price is for the Wall Unit Composition Kubo 58 as shown in the main picture in Matt White Lacquer (Structure) and White Gloss Polymeric Finish / Gray Glass with Gloss White Frames (Fronts). The Lights are not included in the price! Dimensions: Wall Unit: W124" x D14.5"/22" x H77"

Modern Wall Unit Kubo 11 by Artigian Mobili Italy Made in Italy Kubo is a modular wall unit collection represented by ArtigianMobili, large Italian furniture manufacturer world-famous for their innovative entertainment centers. Kubo is remarkable for its modern look, lots of customization options and super functionality, providing great storage opportunities. The Kubo wall unit line is super flexible and can be adjusted to your individual dimensions and creative design ideas. There is a wide selection of units that are available in different dimensions. The variety of units is complemented with enormous color opportunities: all the units can be ordered in either our pre-selected colors or, for the extra charge, even in your custom RAL COLOR, either gloss or matt! Feel free to select from our "as shown" wall unit compositions or activate your reveal individuality building your own entertainment center! Contact our Office regarding customization of this wall unit - we are always ready to help! MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: Structure is made of 18 mm (0.7") thick wooden particles melamine panels Doors & Drawers are made of 18 mm (0.7") thick MDF with Polymeric Finish Soft closing slow-motion hardware Lights (if any) CE marked and comply with the directives 93/68/EEC and 92/31/EEC The starting price is for the Wall Unit Composition Kubo 11 as shown in the main picture in Matt White Lacquer (Structure) and Black Gloss Polymeric Finish / Gray Glass with Gloss White Frame (Fronts). The Lights are not included in the price! Dimensions: Wall Unit: W124" x D14.5" x H90.2" TV Space: W51.7" x H34"

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Special Order 8-12 Weeks Free shipping and assembly within New York City. Enter Coupon code 'NYC' on checkout. Made in Italy Contemporary Modular Office Furniture Composition VV LE5064. All the pieces within this Italian office furniture collection are made from the finest materials according to the European quality standards. This italian office line offers lots of customization opportunities, featuring a great variety of modules available in different sizes and colors, allowing to organize your home or work office space according to your dimensions and storage necessities. The storage cabinets can be ordered either without doors to have a fast access to your business papers or with wooden doors in walnut or wenge finish, high gloss white or red lacquer as well as clear glass doors or even drawers. There is also a wide selection of executive and corner office desks of different size and design, that can be also equipped with optional built-in drawers, keyboard tray or purchased with mobile free-standing drawer file cabinets. Office desk are available with wooden legs or metal legs. Metal legs are designed for hidden wiring of your electrical devices. Optional as shown Office Chair VV LE84 is also available for ordering. Please contact our office about details on customization of this office furniture set. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: The structures and the panels are faced with melamine resins class E1 ( EEC CLASS, with a low formaldehyde emission). Structure of the units can be ordered in either walnut or wenge finish. Front doors of the storage units are available in clear glass, red and white gloss lacquered wood, wenge and walnut finishes Shelves, side panels and partitions - 22 mm (0.9") thick Front doors and back panels - 15 mm (0.6") thick Metal legs of the office desks will help you with wiring your electronics The starting price is for one Office Desk W63" (Metal Legs) as shown in the main picture. The File Cabinet as well as the other storage units are not included in the price and can be ordered separately. Dimensions: Office Desk (as shown): W63" x D31.5" x H29" Library Unit (as shown): W68" x D14.2" x H89" Office Desk: W35.4" x D23.6" x H29" Office Desk: W41.7" x D23.6" x H29" Office Desk: W47.2" x D31.5" x H29" Office Desk: W55" x D31.5" x H29" Office Desk: W63" x D31.5" x H29" Office Desk: W71" x D31.5" x H29" Computer Desk: W41.7" x D23.6" x H29.2" Desk corner connector: W31.5" x D31.5" Desk corner connector: W31.5" x D23.6" Low File cabinet: W16.5"x D20.5" x H19" High File cabinet (with lock): W16.5"x D20.5"x H22.5" Built-In Set of Drawers: W16.5" x D20.5" x H10.6"

Modern Wall Unit Kubo 53 by Artigian Mobili, Italy. Kubo wall unit collection is definitely something unique! Kubo is a mixture of modern design, art, functionality that is complemented by your creative individuality. These wall unit compositions offer lots of customization options that can only be limited by your imagination. Great selection of units that are available in different sizes and can be ordered in ANY RAL COLOR you need! You can select from our pre-designed compositions or build your own according to your own scratches or interior design projects. Please contact our office regarding customization of this wall unit composition. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: Structure - 18 mm thick wooden particles melamine panels Doors and drawers are made of 18 mm thick MDF with Polymeric Finish Soft closing slow-motion hardware in nickel-plated steel Handles and base socket in anodized aluminum Optional Lights CE marked and comply with the directives 93/68/EEC and 92/31/EEC The starting price is for the Wall Unit Composition as shown in the main picture in Matt White Lacquer (Structure) and White Gloss Polymeric Finish (Fronts) and Satin Glass Shelves. The Lights are not included in the price! Dimensions: Wall Unit: W124" x D14.5"/22" x H76.8"

Wall Unit Kubo 57 by Artigian Mobili Italy Made in Italy Kubo is a modular wall unit collection represented by ArtigianMobili, large Italian furniture manufacturer world-famous for their innovative entertainment centers. Kubo is remarkable for its modern look, lots of customization options and super functionality, providing great storage opportunities. The Kubo wall unit line is super flexible and can be adjusted to your individual dimensions and creative design ideas. There is a wide selection of units that are available in different dimensions. The variety of units is complemented with enormous color opportunities: all the units can be ordered in either our pre-selected colors or, for the extra charge, even in your custom RAL COLOR, either gloss or matt! Feel free to select from our "as shown" wall unit compositions or activate your reveal individuality building your own entertainment center! Contact our Office regarding customization of this wall unit - we are always ready to help! MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: Structure is made of 18 mm (0.7") thick wooden particles melamine panels Doors & Drawers are made of 18 mm (0.7") thick MDF with Polymeric Finish Soft closing slow-motion hardware Lights (if any) CE marked and comply with the directives 93/68/EEC and 92/31/EEC The starting price is for the Wall Unit Composition Kubo 57 as shown in the main picture in Matt White Lacquer (Structure) and White Gloss Polymeric Finish / Gray Glass with Gloss White Frames (Fronts). The Lights are not included in the price! Dimensions: Wall Unit: W124" x D14.5"/22" x H90"

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Stuart Wade, Envision Virtual Tours The second-largest and most developed of Georgia's barrier islands, St. Simons is approximately twelve miles long and nearly three miles wide at its widest stretch (roughly the size of Manhattan Island in New York). The island is located in Glynn County on Georgia's coast and lies east of Brunswick (the seat of Glynn County), south of Little St. Simons Island and the Hampton River, and north of Jekyll Island. The resort community of Sea Island is separated from St. Simons on the east by the Black Banks River. Known for its oak tree canopies and historic landmarks, St. Simons is both a tourist destination and, according to the 2010 U.S. census, home to 12,743 residents. Early History The earliest St. Simons Island Village record of human habitation on the island dates to the Late Archaic Period, about 5,000 to 3,000 years ago. Remnants of shell rings left behind by Native Americans from this era survive on many of the barrier islands, including St. Simons. Centuries later, during the period known by historians as the chiefdom era, the Guale Indians established a chiefdom centered on St. Catherines Island and used St. Simons as their hunting and fishing grounds. By 1500 the Guale had established a permanent village of about 200 people on St. Simons, which they called Guadalquini. Beginning in 1568, the Spanish attempted to create missions along the Georgia coast. Catholic missions were the primary means by which Georgia's indigenous Native American chiefdoms were assimilated into the Spanish colonial system along the northern frontier of greater Spanish Florida. In the 1600s St. Simons became home to two Spanish missions: San Buenaventura de Guadalquini, on the southern tip of the island, and Santo Domingo de Asao (or Asajo), on the northern tip. Located on the inland side of the island were the pagan refugee villages of San Simón, the island's namesake, and Ocotonico. In 1684 pirate raids left the missions and villages largely abandoned. Colonial History As Fort Frederica early as 1670, with Great Britain's establishment of the colony of Carolina and its expansion into Georgia territory, Spanish rule was threatened by the English. The Georgia coast was considered "debatable land" by England and Spain, even though Spain had fully retreated from St. Simons by 1702. Thirty-one years later General James Edward Oglethorpe founded the English settlement of Savannah. In 1736 he established Fort Frederica, named after the heir to the British throne, Frederick Louis, prince of Wales, on the west side of St. Simons Island to protect Savannah and the Carolinas from the Spanish threat. Between 1736 and 1749 Fort Frederica was the hub of British military operations along the Georgia frontier. A town of the same name grew up around the fort and was of great importance to the new colony. By 1740 Frederica's population was 1,000. In 1736 the congregation of what would become Christ Church was organized within Fort Frederica as a mission of the Church of England. Charles Wesley led the first services. In 1742 Britain's decisive victory over Spain in the Battle of Bloody Marsh, during the War of Jenkins' Ear, ended the Spanish threat to the Georgia coast. When the British regimen disbanded in 1749, most of the townspeople relocated to the mainland. Fort Frederica went into decline and, except for a short time of prosperity during the 1760s and 1770s under the leadership of merchant James Spalding, never fully recovered. Today the historic citadel's tabby ruins are maintained by the National Park Service. Plantation Era By the start of the American Revolution (1775-83), Fort Frederica was obsolete, and St. Simons was left largely uninhabited as most of its residents joined the patriot army. Besides hosting a small Georgia naval victory on the Fort Frederica River, providing guns from its famous fort for use at Fort Morris in Sunbury, and serving as an arena for pillaging by privateers and British soldiers, the island played almost no role in the war. Following the war, many of the townspeople, their businesses destroyed, turned to agriculture. The island was transformed into fourteen cotton plantations after acres of live oak trees were cleared for farm land and used for building American warships, including the famous USS Constitution, or "Old Ironsides." Although rice was the predominant crop along the neighboring Altamaha River, St. Simons was known for its production of long-staple cotton, which soon came to be known as Sea Island cotton. Between Ebos Landing the 1780s and the outbreak of the Civil War (1861-65), St. Simons's plantation culture flourished. The saline atmosphere and the availability of cheap slave labor proved an ideal combination for the cultivation of Sea Island cotton. In 1803 a group of Ebo slaves who survived the Middle Passage and arrived on the west side of St. Simons staged a rebellion and drowned themselves. The sacred site is known today as Ebos Landing. One of the largest owners of land and slaves on St. Simons was Pierce Butler, master of Hampton Point Plantation, located on the northern end of the island. By 1793 Butler owned more than 500 slaves, who cultivated 800 acres of cotton on St. Simons and 300 acres of rice on Butler's Island in the Altamaha River delta. Butler's grandson, Pierce Mease Butler, who at the age of sixteen inherited a share of his grandfather's estate in 1826, was responsible for the largest sale of human beings in the history of the United States: in 1859, to restore his squandered fortune, he sold 429 slaves in Savannah for more than $300,000. The British actress and writer Fanny Kemble, whose tumultuous marriage to Pierce ended in divorce in 1849, published an eyewitness account of the evils of slavery on St. Simons in her book Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 (1863). Another Retreat Plantation large owner of land and slaves on St. Simons was Major William Page, a friend and employee of Pierce Butler Sr. Before purchasing Retreat Plantation on the southwestern tip of the island in 1804, Page managed the Hampton plantation and Butler's Island. Upon Page's death in 1827, Thomas Butler King inherited the land together with his wife, Page's daughter, Anna Matilda Page King. King expanded his father-in-law's planting empire on St. Simons as well as on the mainland, and by 1835 Retreat Plantation alone was home to as many as 355 slaves. The center of life during the island's plantation era was Christ Church, Frederica. Organized in 1807 by a group of island planters, the Episcopal church is the second oldest in the Diocese of Georgia. Embargoes imposed by the War of 1812 (1812-15) prevented the parishioners from building a church structure, so they worshiped in the home of John Beck, which stood on the site of Oglethorpe's only St. Simons residence, Orange Hall. The first Christ Church building, finished on the present site in 1820, was ruined by occupying Union troops during the Civil War. In 1884 the Reverend Anson Dodge Jr. rebuilt the church as a memorial to his first wife, Ellen. The cruciform building with a trussed gothic roof and stained-glass windows remains active today as Christ Church. Civil War and Beyond The St. Simons Island Lighthouse outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 put a sudden end to St. Simons's lucrative plantation era. In January of that year, Confederate troops were stationed at the south end of the island to guard the entrance to Brunswick Harbor. Slaves from Retreat Plantation, owned by Thomas Butler King, built earthworks and batteries. Plantation residents were scattered—the men joined the Confederate army and their families moved to the mainland. Cannon fire was heard on the island in December 1861, and Confederate troops retreated in February 1862, after dynamiting the lighthouse to keep its beacon from aiding Union troops. Soon thereafter, Union troops occupied the island, which was used as a camp for freed slaves. By August 1862 more than 500 former slaves lived on St. Simons, including Susie King Taylor, who organized a school for freed slave children. But in November the ex-slaves were taken to Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Fernandina, Florida, leaving the island abandoned. After the Civil War the island never returned to its status as an agricultural community. The plantations lay dormant because there were no slaves to work the fields. After Union general William T. Sherman's January 1865 Special Field Order No. 15 —a demand that former plantations be divided and distributed to former slaves—was overturned by U.S. president Andrew Johnson less than a year later, freedmen and women were forced to work as sharecroppers on the small farms that dotted the land previously occupied by the sprawling plantations. By St. Simons Lumber Mills 1870 real economic recovery began with the reestablishment of the timber industry. Norman Dodge and Titus G. Meigs of New York set up lumber mill operations at Gascoigne Bluff, formerly Hamilton Plantation. The lumber mills provided welcome employment for both blacks and whites and also provided mail and passenger boats to the mainland. Such water traffic, together with the construction of a new lighthouse in 1872, designed by architect Charles B. Cluskey, marked the beginning of St. Simons's tourism industry. The keeper of the lighthouse created a small amusement park, which drew many visitors, as did the seemingly miraculous light that traveled from the top of the lighthouse tower to the bottom. The island became a summer retreat for families from the mainland, particularly from Baxley, Brunswick, and Waycross. The island's resort industry was thriving by the 1880s. Beachfront structures, such as a new pier and grand hotel, were built on the southeastern end of the island and could be accessed by ferry. Around this time wealthy northerners began vacationing on the island. Twentieth Century The St. Simons Island Pier and Village opening in 1924 of the Brunswick–St. Simons Highway, today known as the Torras Causeway, was a milestone in the development of resorts in the area. St. Simons's beaches were now easily accessible to locals and tourists alike. More than 5,000 automobiles took the short drive from Brunswick to St. Simons via the causeway on its opening day, paving the way for convenient residential and resort development. In 1926 automotive pioneer Howard Coffin of Detroit, Michigan, bought large tracts of land on St. Simons, including the former Retreat Plantation, and constructed a golf course, yacht club, paved roads, and a residential subdivision. Although the causeway had brought large numbers of summer people to the island, St. Simons remained a small community with only a few hundred permanent residents until the 1940s. The St. Simons Island outbreak of World War II (1941-45) brought more visitors and residents to St. Simons. Troops stationed at Jacksonville, Florida; Savannah; and nearby Camp Stewart took weekend vacations on the island, and a new naval air base and radar school became home to even more officers and soldiers. The increased wartime population brought the island its first public school. With a major shipyard for the production of Liberty ships in nearby Brunswick, the waters of St. Simons became active with German U-boats. In April 1942, just off the coast, the Texas Company oil tanker S. S. Oklahoma and the S. S. Esso Baton Rouge were torpedoed by the Germans, bringing the war very close to home for island residents. Due in large part to the military's improvement of the island's infrastructure during the war, development on the island boomed in the 1950s and 1960s. More permanent homes and subdivisions were built, and the island was no longer just a summer resort but also a thriving community. In 1950 the Methodist conference and retreat center Epworth by the Sea opened on Gascoigne Bluff. In 1961 novelist Eugenia Price visited St. Simons and began work on her first works of fiction, known as the St. Simons Trilogy. Inspired by real events on the island, Price's trilogy renewed interest in the history of Georgia's coast, and the novelist herself relocated to the island in 1965 and lived there for thirty-one years. St. Simons is also home to contemporary Georgia writer Tina McElroy Ansa. Since Epworth by the Sea 1980 St. Simons's population has doubled. The island's continued status as a vacation destination and its ongoing development boom have put historic landmarks and natural areas at risk. While such landmarks as the Fort Frederica ruins and the Battle of Bloody Marsh site are preserved and maintained by the National Park Service, and while the historic lighthouse is maintained by the Coastal Georgia Historical Society, historic Ebos Landing has been taken over by a sewage treatment plant. Several coastal organizations have formed in recent years to save natural areas on the island. The St. Simons Land Trust, for example, has received donations of large tracts of land and plans to protect property in the island's three traditional African American neighborhoods. Despite its rapid growth and development, St. Simons remains one of the most beautiful and important islands on the Georgia coast.

Modern Italian Wall Unit Kubo 02 by Artigian Mobili. Kubo wall unit collection is definitely something unique! Kubo is a mixture of modern design, art, functionality that is complemented by your creative individuality. These wall unit compositions offer lots of customization options that can only be limited by your imagination. Great selection of units that are available in different sizes and can be ordered in ANY RAL COLOR you need! You can select from our pre-designed compositions or build your own according to your own scratches or interior design projects. Please contact our office regarding customization of this wall unit composition. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: Structure - 18 mm thick wooden particles melamine panels Doors and drawers are made of 18 mm thick MDF with Polymeric Finish Soft closing slow-motion hardware in nickel-plated steel Handles and base socket in anodized aluminum Optional Lights CE marked and comply with the directives 93/68/EEC and 92/31/EEC The starting price is for the Wall Unit Composition as shown in the main picture in Matt White Lacquer (Structure) and White / Periwinkle Gloss Polymeric Finishes (Fronts). The Lights are not included in the price! Dimensions: Wall Unit: W124" x D14.5"/22" x H76.8"

Special Order 8-12 Weeks Free shipping and assembly within New York City. Enter Coupon code 'NYC' on checkout. Made in Italy Modern Modular Office Furniture Composition VV LE5057. All the pieces within this Italian office furniture collection are made from the finest materials according to the European quality standards. This italian office line offers lots of customization opportunities, featuring a great variety of modules available in different sizes and colors, allowing to organize your home or work office space according to your dimensions and storage necessities. The storage cabinets can be ordered either without doors to have a fast access to your business papers or with wooden doors in walnut or wenge finish, high gloss white or red lacquer as well as clear glass doors or even drawers. There is also a wide selection of executive and corner office desks of different size and design, that can be also equipped with optional built-in drawers, keyboard tray or purchased with mobile free-standing drawer file cabinets. Office desk are available with wooden legs or metal legs. Metal legs are designed for hidden wiring of your electrical devices. Optional as shown Leather Office Chair VV LE84 is also available for ordering. Please contact our office about details on customization of this office furniture set. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: The structures and the panels are faced with melamine resins class E1 ( EEC CLASS, with a low formaldehyde emission). Structure of the units can be ordered in either walnut or wenge finish. Front doors of the storage units are available in clear glass, red and white gloss lacquered wood, wenge and walnut finishes Shelves, side panels and partitions - 22 mm (0.9") thick Front doors and back panels - 15 mm (0.6") thick Metal legs of the office desks will help you with wiring your electronics The starting price is for the Corner Office Desk as shown in the main picture. (Consists of: Two Office Desks W55" and Desk Corner Connector 31.5" x 31.5"). The File Cabinet as well as the other storage units are not included in the price and can be ordered separately. Dimensions: Office Desk (as shown): W(86.6" x 86.6") x D31.5" x H29" Highboard (as shown): W64.6" x D17" x H53" Office Desk: W35.4" x D23.6" x H29" Office Desk: W41.7" x D23.6" x H29" Office Desk: W47.2" x D31.5" x H29" Office Desk: W55" x D31.5" x H29" Office Desk: W63" x D31.5" x H29" Office Desk: W71" x D31.5" x H29" Computer Desk: W41.7" x D23.6" x H29.2" Desk corner connector: W31.5" x D31.5" Desk corner connector: W31.5" x D23.6" Low File cabinet: W16.5"x D20.5" x H19" High File cabinet (with lock): W16.5"x D20.5"x H22.5" Built-In Set of Drawers: W16.5" x D20.5" x H10.6"

Modern Italian Wall Unit Exential Y02 by Spar Made in Italy Exential by Spar is an italian modular wall unit line that could be an excellent design solution for any modern or contemporary styled living room. Exential wall unit line is born from the concept merging the purity of a shutter without frame and an asymmetric series of empty and full, light and shadow, vision and obscuring. This italian entertainment center will complement your home and the areas of your daily life not only as an aesthetic but also as a functional addition, featuring an abundance of storage both hidden and exposed to aid you with the organization of all your belongings, bringing the elegance into your living room. The hanging units with glass fronts can be also ordered with an optional light kit to add to the contemporary feel of the item. The Wall Unit Composition Exential Y02 is shown in the next colors/finishes: Structure - White Ash and Blue Ash finishes, Yellow Matt lacquer; Front - White Ash and Blue Ash finishes; Hanging Unit with Glass - Smoked glass; White, Blue and Yellow Matt lacquers. PLEASE NOTE: The Exential is a modular wall unit line offering a wide variety of units in different sizes. You can order this wall unit either as a complete composition, as shown in the main picture, or build your own composition according to your own dimensions and preferences. Please contact our office about details on the customization of this wall unit. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: Structure: Made with particle board of wood, covered with E1 melamine finishes or high gloss lacquer Drawers: Made with panels of wood particles in E1-coated finish PVC beech. Metal runners with fine race to fall Glass: 4mm glass The starting price is for the Exential Wall Unit Composition Y02 as shown in the main picture. The internal light is not included in the price. Dimensions: Wall Unit Composition: W141.7" x D22.8" x H66.2"

Final Sale! Price reduced below wholesale. First come, first served. While stocks last! USUALLY IN STOCK. Usually leaves our warehouse within 3-7 business days. Free shipping and assembly within New York City. Enter Coupon code 'NYC' on checkout. Made in Italy by Gruppo Spar Holding Modern Italian Wall Unit Closeout Composition Avio A by Spar. This stylish wall unit composition will be an excellent design solution for any modern living room. The entertainment center provides an abundance of storage space, both hidden and exposed, to aid with the organization of all your belongings. Its wide media area allows to place a modern large TV with all possible media remote control devises. Three shelves are great for keeping books, CDs, photos, or other decorative exhibits. The three-door hanging cabinet complements the design of this wall unit composition, featuring concave and convex shape that adds elegance and uniqueness to the interior. The wall unit is shown in Wenge finish and High Gloss Lilac lacquer. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: Structure: Made with particle board of wood, covered with E1 melamine finishes or high gloss lacquer Drawers: Made with panels of wood particles in E1-coated finish PVC beech. Metal runners with fine race to fall The starting price is for the Wall Unit Composition Avio A as shown in the main picture. Dimensions: Wall Unit Composition: W106.3" x D22.8" x H78" Base Cabinet (Lilac): W59" x D22.8" x H13.7" Base Cabinet (Wenge): W47.2" x D22.8" x H7.8"

Modern Italian Wall Unit Velvet Composition 106 by Artigian Mobili. Velvet is a new line of italian wall units and entertainment centers that creates flexible living areas taking into account you individual needs. Smart furniture capable of performing different functions. An abundance of units gives limitless opportunities to realize any project design and adapt to any space. Color is not a problem anymore - each unit can be ordered in ANY RAL COLOR you want! You can select from our pre-designed compositions or build your own according to your sketches and interior project. Wall Unit Composition is shown with RGB Light Kit (on base unit and TV panel) that is not included into the starting price. LED Light Kit is optional and can be added for an extra charge. Please contact our office regarding customization of this wall unit composition. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: 18 mm thick wooden particles melamine panels The lacquered structures and fronts are made of REAL POLISH SCRATCH PROOF LACQUERING, which is non toxic and non allergic products. The starting price is for the Wall Unit Composition shown in the main picture in Bianco (smooth) finish / Blue Verde Matt lacquer (structure) / Blue Verde Gloss lacquer (front door) / Roccia finish. RGB LED Lights are not included! Dimensions: Wall Unit: W(106.3" x 67.3") x D14.6"/19.7" x H77" TV Panel: W53.2" x H35.4"

Final Sale! Price reduced below wholesale. First come, first served. While stocks last! USUALLY IN STOCK. Usually leaves our warehouse within 3-7 business days. Free shipping and assembly within New York City. Enter Coupon code 'NYC' on checkout. Made in Italy by Gruppo Spar Holding Modern Italian Wall Unit Closeout Composition Avio H by Spar. This stylish wall unit composition will be an excellent design solution for both modern and contemporary living room interior. As shown the base media area allows to place a modern medium size TV, but the TV area can be easily enlarged by mounting the hanging units a bit aside. The base is wide enough to place all the necessary media devices on the top or on the tempered glass shelf underneath. Two elegant wall shelves are great for keeping books, CDs, photos, or other decorative exhibits. The square hanging unit features four Mais/Corn color lacquered glass doors, providing lots of hidden storage space. The wall unit is shown in Wenge finish with Mais/Corn color lacquered glass doors. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: Structure: Made with particle board of wood, covered with E1 melamine finishes or high gloss lacquer Drawers: Made with panels of wood particles in E1-coated finish PVC beech. Metal runners with fine race to fall Glass: 4 mm glass The starting price is for the Wall Unit Composition Avio H as shown in the main picture. Dimensions: Wall Unit Composition: W94.5" x D22.8" x H78" Base Units (each): W47.2" x D22.8" x H13.7"

Modern Italian Wall Unit Composition SKY by LC Mobili. LC Mobili is here again with a new vast furniture collection, that will enrich any modern or contemporary styled home and fulfill your interior with European style and functionality. The SKY Wall Unit will furnish your living room with beauty and functionality. Entertainment center composition as shown consists of: TV Stand, Glass Vitrine and Highboard. This unique combination of cabinets makes any interior modern looking and functional, providing lots of exposed and hidden storage space for all type of things. Unique door opening of all cabinets will definitely amaze your guests! SKY collection also offers: sideboard, coffee table and dining table (with or without extension), so you could furnish your entire home in one style. The structure of all units is always in Matt White, while the front doors can be either in White, Beton, Pero or Cognac. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: E1-Class ecological panels, which are produced exclusively trough a wood recycling production process Structure and fronts are made of 22mm. thick chipboard Soft-Closing doors Assembly: Unassembled, Ready-To-Assemble The starting price is for the SKY Wall Unit (consists of: Vitrine, TV Stand and Highboard). Light is not included in the price! Dimensions: Wall Unit: W145" x D19.7" H67.3" Individual Pieces: TV Stand: W61.5" x D19.7" x H17.7" Glass Vitrine: W41.7" x D19.7" x H67.3" Highboard: W41.7" x D19.7" x H57.5"

Modern Italian TV Stand Rondo by LC Mobili Made in Italy by LC Mobili Rondo by LC Mobili is an ultra modern italian TV stand. Featuring a rather simple but interesting design, high glossy finish and a versatile storage system, this unit becomes a great addition to any modern interior. The Rondo TV Stand is available in three sizes: small, medium and large, making it possible to fit any, even the limited space, living room. All sizes can be ordered in either White or Anthracite finish and feature a folding screen on the left side. Large and Medium versions are available with one door and two drawers, while the small Rondo TV stand has only two drawers. Optional light kit can be also ordered, providing a fabulous look. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION: E1-Class ecological panels, which are produced exclusively through a wood recycling production process The structures and front wood finishes are made of chipboard The lacquered structures and fronts are made of REAL POLISH SCRATCH PROOF LACQUERING, which is a non toxic and non allergenic product The starting price is for the Medium TV Stand Rondo. The Light is not included in the price and can be purchased separately. Dimensions: Small TV Stand: W57.9" x D17.3" x H20.9" Medium TV Stand: W66.1" x D17.3" x H20.9" Large TV Stand: W78.3" x D17.3" x H20.9"