Historic Savannah Houses
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In 1847 the wealthy cotton factor Andrew Low chose John Norris to design a house on the lot for his young family It was the home of Julliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts. The classic mid-19th-century house facing Lafayette Square is of stucco over brick with elaborate ironwork, shuttered piazzas, carved woodwork, and crystal chandeliers. |
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This fine Federal-style home was completed by master-builder Isaiah Davenport as his family residence in 1820. Authentically restored, the house museum features original plasterwork, a cantilever staircase and furnishings true to the 1820s. Threatened with demolition in 1955, the saving of the Davenport House was the first effort of the Historic Savannah Foundation and the beginning of the historic preservation renaissance in this port city. |
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French Catholic émigrés established Savannah’s first parish, in 1789. They came to Savannah in the aftermath of an uprising in Haiti. Among them were nobles fleeing the French Revolution that had begun in 1789. The cathedral was dedicated in 1839. A major restoration project was completed in 2000. |
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The Kehoe House is an elegant Bed and Breakfast Inn located on Columbia Square in historic downtown Savannah. The Inn is a five-story Renaissance Revival style property designed by DeWitt Bruyn and built for William Kehoe in 1892. The Inn is on the National Register of Historic Places |
