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Eliza Thompson House (circa 1846)
Eliza Thompson House (circa 1846)
Eliza Thompson House (circa 1846)
Eliza Thompson House (circa 1846)
Savannah, GA 31401
Eliza Thompson House was home to Eliza and Joseph Thompson and their seven children. It was built in 1847 and was the first house constructed on Jones Street. The Eliza Thompson House was one of the finest homes in Savannah and was the place for grand parities and celebrations.
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Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
Savannah, GA 31401
Hours:
Friday - Wednesday: 1:00p - 4:00p
Closed Thursdays & major holidays
Built in 1856, Savannah's Historic Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home was the birthplace and childhood home of Flannery O'Connor, one of the country's outstanding writers. Born Mary Flannery O'Connor in 1925, Flannery lived in the house, then a modest one-story home until 1938. Flannery's childhood was spent in the Lafayette Square house just one block over from St. John the Baptist Cathedral which provided the cornerstone of her Catholic faith. She once called Savannah "a colony of the Over-Irish" and her ancestry included two of Georgia's oldest Catholic families, the O'Connors of Savannah and the Clines of middle Georgia (her Mother's side). She died of lupus erythematosus when she was only 39, the same disease that had claimed her father in 1941.
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Green-Meldrim House
Green-Meldrim House
Green-Meldrim House
Green-Meldrim House
Savannah, GA 31401
Tours:
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10:00a - 4:00p
Saturday: 10:00a - 1:00p
Last tour is 30 minutes before closing. Closed: December 15 thru January 15 & 2 weeks before Easter
The Green-Meldrim House was constructed as a residence for Mr. Charles Green, who came to Savannah from England in 1833. Mr. Green arrived in Georgia with little means, but made his fortunate as a cotton merchant and ship owner in Savannah and by the early 1850s he built his Gothic villa at a cost of $93,000. The house was considered one of the most elaborate homes in Savannah.
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Gryphon Tea Room
Gryphon Tea Room - $$
Gryphon Tea Room
Gryphon Tea Room - $$
Savannah, GA 31401
Hours:
Daily 11:00a - 6:00p
Gryphon Tea Room is located on the corner at Bull Street and across from Madison Square. The building is a 1926 Scottish Rite architectural profile. The intimate elegance of the interior, where white-clothed tables, carved-mahogany bookcases, and original stained-glass panels convey warmth and graciousness.
When you enter the Gryphon Tea Room you will see the high ceilings, classic dark wood decorations, and shelves displaying antique plates and glasses. The Tea Room is located in a historic building that was once a turn-of-the-century pharmacy. The restaurant features fourteen original stained glass windows and antique furnishings.
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Hamilton-Turner Inn(circa 1873)
Hamilton-Turner Inn (circa 1873)
Hamilton-Turner Inncirca 1873)
Hamilton-Turner Inn (circa 1873)
Savannah, GA 31401
The Hamilton-Turner House is a Victorian mansion that was built in 1873 for Samuel Pugh Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton and his wife, Sarah, wanted a house that was suited for lavish entertainment. The Hamilton’s spared no expense in the construction of their new home. It was equipped with talking pipes for conversation through the four floors, a dumb waiter, skylights and a tin roof, which protected the mansion from destruction from the great Savannah fire of 1898. The Hamilton-Turner house was also the first house in Savannah to have electricity in 1883 and an indoor bath and privy was installed 3 years later.
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Hampton Lillibridge House
Hampton Lillibridge House
Hampton Lillibridge House
Savannah, GA 31401
The Hampton Lillibridge residence is considered to be the most haunted house in Savannah. It was built in 1796 for Hampton Lillibridge from Rhode Island. It is located at 507 East Saint Julian Street near Washington Square and The Pirates House.
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Harper Fowlkes House
Harper Fowlkes House
Savannah, GA 31402
Tours:
Wednesday - Friday: 10:00a - 3:00p
Saturday: 10:00a - 1:00p
The Harper Fowlkes House, a 1842 Greek Mansion is one of the most handsome homes in Savannah. Situated on Orleans Square, the home has a grand entrance dominated by towering square and Corinthian columns. Its construction is brick covered with plaster, and then scored the facade to evoke the appearance of large stone blocks with a portico featuring Temple of the Wind columns and a curved double staircase.
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Herb House (Landmark)
Herb House (Landmark)
Herb House (Landmark)
Herb House (Landmark)
Savannah, GA 31401
The Herb House was built in 1734 and is the oldest house in Georgia. The Herb House was originally used by the gardener of Trustees' Garden which was an early Colonial experimental garden which later failed.
The Herb House was later turned into an inn for seamen since it was only a block from the Savannah River. Seamen and pirates gathered there to drink, party and tell outlandish tales.
The Herb House is currently part of the Pirate's House Restaurant.
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Historic Savannah Theatre
Historic Savannah Theatre
Historic Savannah Theatre
Historic Savannah Theatre
Savannah, GA 31401
Hours:
Sunday - Tuesday: 10:00a - 4:00p
Wednesday - Saturday: 10:00a - 8:00p
The Savannah Theatre is the oldest threatre in the United States. It first opened its doors on December 4, 1818 with a production of the comedy "The Soldier's Daughter" and a farce "Raising the Wind".
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Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
Savannah, GA 31401
Hours:
November thru February
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Saturday: 10:00a - 4:00p
Sunday: 11:00a - 4:00p
Closed: Wednesday
The home was originally built in 1818-1820 for Savannah mayor James Moore Wayne but is best known as the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace. In 1831 he sold the house to his niece, Sarah Stiles and her husband William Washington Gordon I. Gordon was the grandfather of Juliette Gordon Low and he was the founder of the Central of Georgia Railway. Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, was born in this house on Halloween in 1860. Juliette, known as Daisy, married William Low and moved into the Low family home on Lafayette Square.
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Kehoe House (circa 1892)
Kehoe House (circa 1892)
Kehoe House (circa 1892)
Kehoe House (circa 1892)
Savannah, GA 31401
The Kehoe House is a 1892 Renaissance Revival Mansion which was built for William Kehoe. William Kehoe came from Ireland with his family when he was 10 years old, and grew up in poor. During the Civil War young William fought for the South. After the war William Kehoe became an apprentice as an iron molder. He worked his way up and became the owner of his own Iron Foundry. His fortune was made by his keen business sense, his skill and hard work, plus his pleasant personality and ability to work well with others.
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Lucas Theatre
Lucas Theatre
Lucas Theatre
Lucas Theatre
Savannah, GA 31401
Tours: Tours of the Lucas Theatre are available most days.
Free self-guided tours are available Wednesday – Saturday, 10:00a – 4:00p.
Guided tours are $5 per person and available by walk-up if events allow.
The tours take approximately 20 minutes and include walking on the storied Lucas Theatre stage.
Please call Erin at (912) 525-5023 for more information regarding tours.
Call (912) 525-5040 for Infomation.
Call (912) 525-5050 for Tickets.
The Lucas Theatre opened in December 1921 and was built primarily as a movie palace with a seating capacity of 1200 seats. The theater also incorporated a stage for road shows. For the next 40 years the Lucas Theatre became a favorite venue for talkies, musicals, traveling troupes, revues and theatricals.
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Mercer-Williams House
Mercer-Williams House
Mercer-Williams House
Mercer-Williams House
Savannah, GA 31401
Tours:
Monday - Saturday: 10:30a - 3:40p
Sunday 12:30p - 4:00p
Since the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, the Mercer Williams House has become one of the ‘must-see’ attractions for many people visiting Savannah.
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Old Chatham Courthouse
Old Chatham Courthouse
Old Chatham Courthouse
Old Chatham Courthouse
Savannah, GA 31401
Old Chatham County Courthouse was built in 1889 by William Gibbons in the American Arts and Crafts style. It is located in Wright Square.
The building now houses the Administrative Legislative Center. Beside the courthouse is the Lutheran Church of the Ascension.
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Old Sorrel-Weed House
Old Sorrel-Weed House
Old Sorrel-Weed House
Old Sorrel-Weed House
Savannah, GA 31401
Tours:
Daily 10:00a - 4:30p
The Old Sorrel Weed House represents one of the finest examples of Greek Revival and Regency architecture in Savannah and was one of the first two homes in the state of Georgia to be made a state landmark in 1954. At 16,000 square feet, it is also one of the largest houses in the city.
The Sorrel Weed House is regarded as one of Savannah’s most beautiful mansions. The home features a parapet with elliptical arches, a sweeping double entrance and Doric columns on the portico, and balconies on the first story front windows. An oval shaped library with curved wooden doors is most impressive.
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Olde Pink House
Olde Pink House
Olde Pink House
Olde Pink House
Savannah, GA 31401
Savannah's Olde Pink House was named for the beautiful shade of pink stucco which covers its old bricks. In 1789 James Habersham Jr. had this Georgian mansion built. He was one of Savannah's important cotton factors and founding members. The house represents an example of fine colonial architecture and is one of a few buildings that survived the fire of 1796. The Greek portico with the beautiful Palladian window above is quite interesting. The fanlight over the front door is one of the oldest in Georgia. There is also a lovely Georgian stairway in the interior.
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Oliver Sturgis Townhome
Oliver Sturgis Townhome
Oliver Sturgis Townhome
Oliver Sturgis Townhome
Savannah, GA 31401
Oliver Sturgis was an influential planner and promoter in the Atlantic crossing of the Steamship SS Savannah. The ship was the first steam-powered vessel to cross the Atlantic.
Oliver Sturgis Georgian style townhouse was built in 1813. The townhouse features an elliptical fanlight over the entrance and an arched window over the portico. It also has a semi-raised basement enclosed by an iron railing. Around the earlier 1800's, an octagon shaped room was added which overlooks the garden. A third story was added round 1835.
The Oliver Sturgis townhouse is located on the lot adjacent to the Planters Inn at 27 Abercorn Street.
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Philbrick-Eastman House
Philbrick-Eastman House
Philbrick-Eastman House
Philbrick-Eastman House
Savannah, GA 31401
Not open to the public
The Philbrick-Eastman House is a 12,000 sq ft Greek Revival Mansion which overlooks Chippewa Square. Although construction of this Greek revival mansion was started in 1844 for Moses Eastman, a local silversmith, it was not completed until 1847 for John Stoddard. The home features the Doric columns and is best known for its iron fence with medallions of prominent men. In 1911 a third story was added to the house.
This elegant home has been home to a number of distinguished Savannah families and is currently in private hands.
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Pirates House
Pirates House
Pirates House
Pirates House
Savannah, GA 31401
The Pirates House is a wonderfully preserved seaman's tavern built around 1794. Located only a block from the Savannah River, the tavern was a popular meeting place for both sailors and pirates. Stories are told that sea captains frequently shanghaied unwitting seaman from the tavern to complete their crews. Drunken seaman were drugged and carried away to strange ships, bound for unknown destinations.
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Savannah Chamber of Commerce
Savannah Chamber of Commerce
Savannah Chamber of Commerce
Savannah Chamber of Commerce
Savannah, GA 31401
Savannah Chamber of Commerce building was built in ca1914 by architects Mowbray and Uffinger in the Neoclassical Revival style. It was originally home to the Hibernia Bank of Savannah.
The Savannah Chamber of Commerce was established in 1806 by the prominent merchants of 19th century Savannah. It is Georgia’s oldest professional organization and the seventh oldest Chamber in the United States.
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