Historical Marker
Fire Station No. 16
Historical marker location:
1048 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia
( Marker is at the intersection of Joseph E. Boone Boulevard and Flowers Place, on the right when traveling east on Joseph E. Boone Boulevard.)
Marker installed: 2013
Erected 1963.
Georgia was the site of the first European settlement in what is now the United States. In 1565, the Spanish established a settlement on St. Simons Island, which is now part of Georgia.