Buildings in Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia)
The Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S. historic district that roughly corresponds to the city limits of Savannah, Georgia, prior to the American Civil War. The area was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966, and is one of the largest districts of its kind in the United States. The district was made in recognition of the unique layout of the city, begun by James Oglethorpe at the city's founding and propagated for over a century of its growth.
Below is a list of relevant buildings inside Savannah Historic District:
Selected contributing properties
Name | Ward | Image | Address | Date | Note |
First African Baptist Church | Franklin Ward | 23 Montgomery Street | 1859 | ||
134–142 Houston Street | Greene Ward | 134–142 Houston Street | 1801 | ||
Kress Building | Decker Ward | 120-122 West Broughton Street | 1923-1937 | ||
102-104 West Congress Street | Decker Ward | 102-104 West Congress Street | 1820 | ||
106-108-110-112-114-116 West Congress Street | Decker Ward | 106-108-110-112-114-116 West Congress Street | 1820 | ||
125 West Congress Street & 127 West Congress Street | Decker Ward | 125 West Congress Street & 127 West Congress Street | 1881 & 1873 | ||
The Citizens and Southern Bank | Derby Ward | 22 Bull Street | 1907 | now Bank of America | |
Christ Church | Derby Ward | 28 Bull Street | 1838/1897 | ||
Savannah Bank and Trust Co. | Derby Ward | 2 East Bryan Street | 1911 | ||
Hotel Savannah | Derby Ward | 7 East Congress Street | 1912 | First City Club of Savannah | |
James Habersham House | Reynolds Ward | 23 Abercorn Street | 1789 | a.k.a. "Pink House", by Joseph Clay, bought and restored by James Arthur Williams | |
Oliver Sturges House | Reynolds Ward | 27 Abercorn Street | 1813 | ||
John Wesley Hotel | Reynolds Ward | 29 Abercorn Street | 1913 | now Planters Inn on Reynolds Square | |
Mackay House | Reynolds Ward | 31-35-39 Abercorn Street | 1920 | ||
Lucas Theatre For the Arts | Reynolds Ward | 32 Abercorn Street | 1921 | Part of SCAD | |
East Bay Inn | Reynolds Ward | 225 East Bay Street | 1853-4 | ||
202-208 East Broughton Street | Reynolds Ward | 202-208 East Broughton Street | 1917 | ||
9 Lincoln Street | Reynolds Ward | 9 Lincoln Street | 1853 | ||
Staybridge Suites Savannah Historic District | Warren Ward | 301 East Bay Street | 1851 | ||
George Basil Spencer House | Warren Ward | 22 Habersham Street | 1790-1804 | a.k.a. Spencer-Woodbridge House | |
John Eppinger-Lane House | Warren Ward | 211 West Perry Street | 1821-1823 | ||
Hampton Lillibridge House | Washington Ward | 507 East St. Julian Street | 1796–99 | No. 1, bought and restored by James Arthur Williams | |
38 Price Street | Washington Ward | 38 Price Street | 1841 | ||
42 Price Street | Washington Ward | 42 Price Street | |||
Chatham County Courthouse | Liberty Ward | 133 Montgomery Street | 1979 | by William G. Preston | |
Telfair Family Mansion | Heathcote Ward | 121 Barnard Street | 1820/1880 | now Telfair Academy, by William Jay | |
Wayne-Gordon House | Percival Ward | 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue | 1820/1886 | On the NRHP | |
Anderson-Preston House | Percival Ward | 14 East Oglethorpe Avenue | 1853/1892 | now Ballastone Inn | |
William Williams House | Percival Ward | 18 East Oglethorpe Avenue | 1826/1873 | now Ballastone Inn | |
Lutheran Church of the Ascension | Percival Ward | 120 Bull Street | 1879 | ||
1 West Broughton Street | Percival Ward | 1 West Broughton Street | 1854/1924 | ||
Anderson-Leslie House | Percival Ward | 4 West Oglethorpe Avenue | 1836/1867 | ||
123 Abercorn Street | Anson Ward | 123 Abercorn Street | |||
Owens-Thomas House | Anson Ward | 124 Abercorn Street | 1817 | by William Jay, on the NRHP | |
Mary Marshall Houses | Anson Ward | 127-129 Abercorn Street | 1859 | by Charles B. Cluskey | |
The Marshall House | Anson Ward | 123 East Broughton Street | 1855 | ||
Avon Theatre | Anson Ward | 125 East Broughton Street | 1944–46 | now The Savannah Taphouse | |
General Lachlan McIntosh House | Anson Ward | 110 East Oglethorpe Avenue | 1784/1876 | ||
132 East Oglethorpe Avenue | Anson Ward | 132 East Oglethorpe Avenue | 1872 | ||
204-208 East Oglethorpe Avenue | Anson Ward | 204-208 East Oglethorpe Avenue | 1872 | ||
Dr. Charlton House | Anson Ward | 220-222 East Oglethorpe Avenue & carriage house | 1853 | ||
201-203 East York Street | Anson Ward | 201-203 East York Street | 1853 | ||
201 East York Street & carriage house and 203 East York Street & carriage house | Anson Ward | 201 East York Street & carriage house and 203 East York Street & carriage house | 1853 & 1853 | ||
Timothy Bonticou Double House | Columbia Ward | 419-421 East Broughton Lane | 1854/1861 | by Isaiah Davenport | |
Isaiah Davenport House | Columbia Ward | 324 East State Street | 1821 | by Isaiah Davenport, on the NRHP | |
Francis M. Stone House | Columbia Ward | 416–418 East State Street | 1799/1808 | ||
Jerome H. Wilson House | Columbia Ward | 307-311 East York Street | 1872 | ||
Thomas Morgan House | Columbia Ward | 315 East York Street | 1885 | ||
Abraham Sheftall House | Columbia Ward | 321 East York Street | 1818 | Moved from Elbert Ward, 1966 | |
The Kehoe House | Columbia Ward | 123 Habersham Street | 1893 | Built for William Kehoe, by DeWitt Bruyn | |
Green Fleetwood House | Columbia Ward | 128 Habersham Street | 1854 | ||
William J. Kehoe House | Columbia Ward | 130 Habersham Street | 1885 | ||
The Frederick Ball House | Columbia Ward | 136 Habersham Street | 1805 | by Frederick Ball, master carpenter, 1809 | |
124 Houston Street | Greene Ward | 124 Houston Street | 1897 | by Isaiah Davenport | |
140 Price Street corner York Lane | Greene Ward | 140 Price Street corner York Lane | 1828 | ||
Harper-Fowlkes House | Jackson Ward | 230 Barnard Street | 1844/1895 | also Champion-McAlpin-Fowlkes House, by Charles B. Cluskey | |
John H. Ash House | Jackson Ward | 114–116 West Hull Street | 1817 | ||
Stephen B. Williams House Inn | Jackson Ward | 128 West Liberty Street | 1835 | ||
115-117-123 West Oglethorpe Avenue | Jackson Ward | 115-117-123 West Oglethorpe Avenue | 1820 | ||
Downtowner Motor Inn | Jackson Ward | 201 West Oglethorpe Avenue | 1964 | now Oglethorpe House, SCAD | |
Independent Presbyterian Church | Brown Ward | 207 Bull Street | 1817/1891 | ||
The Savannah Theatre | Brown Ward | 222 Bull Street | 1820 | ||
First Baptist Church | Brown Ward | 223 Bull Street | 1833/1922 | ||
Drayton Arms Apartments | Brown Ward | 102 East Liberty Street | 1951 | On the NRHP | |
124 East McDonough Street & carriage house | Brown Ward | 124 East McDonough Street & carriage house | 1861 | ||
Philbrick-Eastman House | Brown Ward | 17 West McDonough Street | 1844/1911 | by Charles B. Cluskey | |
3 West Perry Street | Brown Ward | 3 West Perry Street | 1831/1874 | ||
John C. Hernandez House | Crawford Ward | 206 East Liberty Street | 1869 | ||
208 East Liberty Street | Crawford Ward | 208 East Liberty Street | 1868 | ||
Frierson House | Crawford Ward | 210 East Liberty Street | 1869 | ||
Laurence Connell House | Crawford Ward | 212 East Liberty Street | 1851 | ||
Laurence Connell House | Crawford Ward | 214 East Liberty Street | 1851 | ||
218 East Liberty Street | Crawford Ward | 218 East Liberty Street | 1850 | ||
242 Price Street | Crawford Ward | 242 Price Street | 1855 | ||
106 West Harris Street | Pulaski Ward | 106 West Harris Street | 1847 | ||
Battersby Tenements | Pulaski Ward | 108-110 West Harris Street | 1871 | ||
William Remshart Row Houses | Pulaski Ward | 104-106-108-110 West Jones Street | 1853 | ||
St John's Episcopal Church | Jasper Ward | 329 Bull Street | 1853 | ||
Masonic Temple | Jasper Ward | 337 Bull Street | 1912 | now the Gryphon Tea Room, by Freemason Hyman W. Witcover | |
Potter Hall, Savannah College of Art and Design | Jasper Ward | 340-344 Bull Street | 1893 | by William G. Preston | |
Alexander A. Smets House | Jasper Ward | 2-4 East Jones Street | 1853 | now SCAD's Morris Hall, by John S. Norris | |
Hilton Savannah DeSoto | Jasper Ward | 15 East Liberty Street | 1867 | by William G. Preston | |
Sorrel-Weed House | Jasper Ward | 6 West Harris Street | 1841 | by Charles B. Cluskey | |
Mrs. John B. Seymour House | Jasper Ward | 14 West Harris Street | 1842 | ||
Tobias House | Jasper Ward | 18 West Harris Street | 1842 | ||
Noah. B Knapp House | Jasper Ward | 10 West Jones Street | 1857 | by John S. Norris | |
Joseph Fay House | Jasper Ward | 1-3 West Liberty Street | 1849 | now Knights of Columbus Headquarters, by John S. Norris | |
Green-Meldrim House | Jasper Ward | 14 West Macon Street | 1853 | by John S. Norris, on the NRHP | |
307-311 Abercorn Street | Lafayette Ward | 307-311 Abercorn Street | 1914 | ||
319 Abercorn Street | Lafayette Ward | 319 Abercorn Street | 1888 | ||
Andrew Low House | Lafayette Ward | 329 Abercorn Street | 1849 | by John S. Norris, on the NRHP | |
Samuel P. Hamilton House | Lafayette Ward | 330 Abercorn Street | 1873 | now Hamilton-Turner Inn | |
340 Abercorn Street | Lafayette Ward | 340 Abercorn Street | 1903 | ||
Battersby-Hartridge-Anderson House | Lafayette Ward | 119 East Charlton Street | 1852 | ||
Marist Place | Lafayette Ward | 123 East Charlton Street | 1919-1939 | Site of the Marist School for Boys | |
John B. Gallie House | Lafayette Ward | 201-203 East Charlton Street | 1858 | by John S. Norris | |
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home | Lafayette Ward | 207 East Charlton Street | 1856 | ||
Catherine McMahon House | Lafayette Ward | 211 East Charlton Street | 1853 | by John Scudder | |
104 East Harris Street | Lafayette Ward | 104 East Harris Street | 1875 | ||
Fitzgerald Pelot House | Lafayette Ward | 221 East Charlton Street | 1840 | ||
Centurian House | Lafayette Ward | 106 East Harris Street | 1903 | Built for Simon P. Kehoe | |
118 & 124 East Harris Street | Lafayette Ward | 118 & 124 East Harris Street | 1860 | ||
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist | Lafayette Ward | 222 East Harris Street | 1888 | ||
Abram Minis House | Lafayette Ward | 204 East Jones Street | 1859 | by Stephen Decatur Button | |
St. Vincent's Academy | Lafayette Ward | 207 East Liberty Street | 1845/1869 | by Charles B. Cluskey | |
Troup Trust | Troup Ward | 410-424 East Macon Street | 1855-1872 | four units to east built for John McDonough, four units to west built for Edward Kennedy | |
Freedman's School | Bartow Ward | 502 East Harris Street | 1868/1878 | now Beach Institute African | |
Gordon Row | Chatham Ward | 101-129 West Gordon Street | 1853 | ||
117 West Jones Street | Chatham Ward | 117 West Jones Street | 1851 | ||
The Barnard Street School | Chatham Ward | 212 West Taylor Street | 1901 | now Pepe Hall, SCAD | |
Charles W. Rogers Houses | Monterey Ward | 423-425 Bull Street | 1858 | by John S. Norris | |
Mercer-Williams House | Monterey Ward | 429 Bull Street | 1871 | by John S. Norris, restored by James Arthur Williams | |
Armstrong House | Monterey Ward | 447 Bull Street | 1917 | now Bouhan, Williams & Levy LLP, bought and restored by James Arthur Williams | |
Edmund Molyneux House | Monterey Ward | 450 Bull Street | 1857 | now Oglethorpe Club, by John S. Norris | |
Scudder's Row | Monterey Ward | 1-9 East Gordon Street | 1852 | ||
Scudder's Row | Monterey Ward | 1-9 East Gordon Street | 1853 | Built by John and Ephraim Scudder | |
7 East Gordon Street | Monterey Ward | 7 East Gordon Street | 1852 | Built by John and Ephraim Scudder | |
11 East Gordon Street | Monterey Ward | 11 East Gordon Street | 1854 | ||
Charles McGill House | Monterey Ward | 15 East Gordon Street | 1854 | ||
Congregation Mickve Israel | Monterey Ward | 20 East Gordon Street | 1876 | On the NRHP | |
John Scudder House | Monterey Ward | 11 East Jones Street | 1849 | John Scudder, builder | |
Quantock Row | Monterey Ward | 27 East Jones Street | 1854 | Brunner & Scudder builders | |
Quantock Row | Monterey Ward | 31 East Jones Street | 1854 | Brunner & Scudder builders | |
Comer House | Monterey Ward | 2 East Taylor Street | 1880 | built for Hugh M. Comer. Jefferson Davis was a guest in 1886 with his daughter Varina Anne Davis | |
8 East Taylor Street | Monterey Ward | 8 East Taylor Street | |||
William Hunter House | Monterey Ward | 10 East Taylor Street | 1872 | ||
V & J Duncan Antique Maps | Monterey Ward | 12 East Taylor Street | 1869/1894 | ||
William F. Brantley House | Monterey Ward | 20 West Gaston Street | 1857 | by John S. Norris | |
The Noble Hardee Mansion | Monterey Ward | 3 West Gordon Street | 1860/1884 | ||
7-9 West Gordon Street | Monterey Ward | 7-9 West Gordon Street | 1884 | ||
Charles B. King House | Monterey Ward | 11 West Gordon Street | 1858 | by John S. Norris | |
Eliza Thompson House | Monterey Ward | 5 West Jones Street | 1847 | ||
11 West Jones Street | Monterey Ward | 11 West Jones Street | 1854 | ||
John M. Williams House | Monterey Ward | 17-19 West Jones Street | 1883 | ||
Nicholas Cruger House | Monterey Ward | 4 West Taylor Street | 1852 | aka Charlton House | |
Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art | Monterey Ward | 10 West Taylor Street & carriage house | 1852 | built for Edward G. Wilson | |
12 West Taylor Street | Monterey Ward | 12 West Taylor Street | 1868 | ||
430-432 Abercorn Street | Calhoun Ward | 430-432 Abercorn Street | 1868 | ||
Massie Common School House | Calhoun Ward | 201-213 East Gordon Street | 1856 | by John S. Norris | |
215-229 East Gordon Street | Calhoun Ward | 215-229 East Gordon Street | 1872 | ||
233 East Gordon Street | Calhoun Ward | 233 East Gordon Street | 1923 | ||
Snowden Marshall House | Calhoun Ward | 202 East Taylor Street | 1859 | ||
Laura Jones House | Wesley Ward | 408 East Gaston Street | 1892 | ||
515 Montgomery Street | Gaston Ward | 515 Montgomery Street | |||
Savannah Law School | Forsyth Ward | 516 Drayton Street | 1819/1876 | ||
W. B. Hodgson Hall | Forsyth Ward | 501 Whitaker Street | 1876 | On the NRHP | |
Magnolia Hall | Forsyth Ward | 507 Whitaker Street | 1930 | built for Jacob Guerard Heyward, the great grandson of Thomas Heyward Jr. | |
John Williamson House | Forsyth Ward | 509 Whitaker Street | 1870 | Mansard Roof, 1911 | |
Metts-McNeil House | Forsyth Ward | 513 Whitaker Street | 1903 | Built for Laurence McNeil by G. L. Norrman | |
611 Whitaker Street & carriage house | Forsyth Ward | 611 Whitaker Street & carriage house | 1894 | ||
George Johnson Baldwin House | Stephens Ward | 225 East Hall Street | 1888 | by William G. Preston | |
504-508-510 East Hall Lane | Mercer Ward | 504-508-510 East Hall Lane | |||
621-627 Rose Court | Mercer Ward | 621-627 Rose Court | 1990 | ||
US Post Office | North Oglethorpe Ward | 2 Fahm Street | |||
William Scarbrough House | Middle Oglethorpe Ward | 41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard | 1819 | by William Jay, on the NRHP | |
First Bryan Baptist Church | Middle Oglethorpe Ward | 575 West Bryan Street | 1888 | On the NRHP | |
Yamacraw 43 Rows | Middle Oglethorpe Ward | Yamacraw 43 | 1850 | Row houses built about 1850. Torn down 1940 for Yamacraw Village Housing Projects | |
Crites Hall, SCAD | South Oglethorpe Ward | 217 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard | 1906 | ||
St. Philip AME Church | Garden Ward | 613 Morris Brown Drive | 1911 | ||
Savannah City Hall | New Franklin Ward & Wharf Lots | 2 East Bay Street | 1877-1905 | ||
Savannah Cotton Exchange | New Franklin Ward & Wharf Lots | 100 East Bay Street | 1886 | by William G. Preston | |
208-210-212-214 East Bay Street | New Franklin Ward & Wharf Lots | 208-210-212-214 East Bay Street | 1858 | ||
225 East River Street | New Franklin Ward & Wharf Lots | 225 East River Street | 1858 | ||
202-206 East Bay Street | New Franklin Ward & Wharf Lots | 202-206 East Bay Street | 1823 | ||
Pirates' House | Trustees Garden Ward | 20 East Broad Street | 1794-1871 | now 45 South Restaurant |