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Isle of Hope is a quiet residential community picturesquely situated on the Skidaway River. Attractions include Bluff Drive, with beautiful views over the marshes; the charming architecture of the Historic District; and nearby points of interest such as Wormsloe and Skidaway Island State Park.
Isle of Hope is an island surrounded on all sides by water at high tide. Early maps referred to in French as "L'Isle Desperance" (modern French: L'Île d'Espérance). Legends abound of pirates using the island to hide their booty, and generations of children have gone digging for this treasure.
The Isle of Hope Historic District is a unique coastal-riverside community developed over the course of 100 years beginning in the early nineteenth century. Located on a small inland island eight miles from downtown Savannah, it is bounded by the Skidaway River to the east and the non-historic development to the north, west and south.
Isle of Hope, nine miles southeast of Savannah, has been described as “a lazy warmth of land.” It was first settled in 1736 on Savannah’s southern flank as the city’s first line of defense against a Spanish invasion.
It’s worth the trip to Isle of Hope to see the mile-and-a-half-long dirt road in person. But don’t just turn around and drive out. Wormsloe, an 18 th -century colonial estate, has miles of...
Jun 29, 2015 · Isle of Hope, a historic island located in the Southeastern portion of the city, is a residential community with a storied past. First inhabited in the 1700s by surveyor Noble Jones,...
Isle of Hope’s architecture has a rich variety of styles with fine examples of Greek Revival, Victorian Eclectic, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Folk Cottage, and Plantation Style houses.
