About Surf Song Bed & Breakfast
Surf Song’s history begins, perhaps, with a military era known as the Endicott period. The Endicott period followed the civil war from 1885 to 1905, when the war department was concerned about the state of America’s coastal defenses. The administration agreed to invest $127 million in new and existing coastal forts. Improvements generally consisted of state-of-the-art concrete batteries and new “disappearing” rifled canons. Many existing forts were updated, such as Fort Sumter. However, many new forts were created as well, including Tybee’s Fort Screven, or Florida’s Fort Dade. Construction along the coasts began in earnest in the last half of the 1890s. Along with the strategic construction of the actual batteries and guns, the Army also had the responsibility of building all the things to support a fort: mess halls, enlisted men’s quarters, jails, bowling alleys, and -yes- Officers’ quarters. This responsibility fell to a group within the army known as the Quartermasters. The Quartermasters developed plans for several new forts, many with their own Officer’s Row. Plans were developed for each building, and reused as the army saw fit. Ironically, the US war machine normally dedicated to destruction, was also now tasked with building beautiful, comfortable coastal homes for its important officers.
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