In 1733, James Edward Oglethorpe – a member of England’s Parliament – founded the Georgia Colony and Savannah as a workplace for prisoners released from British debtor prisons. His Oglethorpe Plan included establishing a botanical garden. The following year, the Herb House was built for the chief gardener. In 1754, the wooden building was converted into the Pirate’s House. The tavern soon gained the bad reputation of having drunken sailors dragged through a tunnel by ship captains to work as crewmembers. Enjoy a dinner and drink here while learning more legends of Georgia’s oldest structure.
