"New City Hall," ca. 1901
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Directions to next stop ↗Location: 601 Gloucester Street, City Hall, southeast corner. Fernando Joseph Torras (1885-1952) served as Brunswick City Manager for 30 years. He was a Brunswick native, a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and was best known as the visionary chief engineer of the original Brunswick-St. Simons Causeway, completed in 1924. Now known as the FJ Torras Causeway, it connects the mainland to St. Simons Island over four miles of salt marsh and tidal rivers.
- Where
- 601 Gloucester St, Brunswick, GA 31520, USA
About
This Georgian Revival structure, built in 1901, originally housed the Post Office and Customs House. Remodeled in 1964, it became the "new" City Hall. The roof of the porticо is what's known as a Guastovino tile ceiling system. If you view the building near sunset, you will see glazed bricks set in a uniform pattern sparkling against the unglazed bricks.