Lanier's Oak

Lanier's Oak is a Georgia historical marker in Glynn County, dedicated 1956.

On Glynn Ave (US 17) just north of G St. in Brunswick.

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During his visits to Brunswick in the 1870's Sidney Lanier, Georgia's greatest poet, frequently sat beneath this live oak tree and looked out over "a world of marsh that borders a world of sea." Here he received the inspiration which resulted in some of his finest poems. Of these the best known is "THE MARSHES OF GLYNN."

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Historical maps covering this location

1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · Johnson's Florida (1870) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Intestinal diseases deaths US. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Intestinal diseases deaths US, 1874, covering the location of Lanier's Oak, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Intestinal diseases deaths US, 1874, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Historical Commission. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

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