Savannah Historic District, National Historic Landmark
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Tag Archives: Houses of Coastal Georgia
Federal Style House, Circa 1806, Savannah
Savannah Historic District, National Historic Landmark
Filed under -CHATHAM COUNTY, Savannah GA
John David Mongin House, 1797, Savannah
One of just a handful of 18th-century houses remaining in Savannah, the Mongin House (known for a time as the Capital Dwelling House and now known as the Mongin-Carswell House) was relocated here from another lot on Warren Square and remodeled to its present condition in 1964. Mongin (1763-1833) set about building it as soon as he arrived in Savannah from Daufuskie Island SC. He was a successful merchant but records of his industry in Savannah are quite sparse.
The house also served as a hospital during the 1876 yellow fever outbreak and a rectory for Christ Church.
Savannah Historic District, National Historic Landmark
Filed under -CHATHAM COUNTY, Savannah GA
Eppinger-Lane House, 1821-23, Savannah
Built by James Eppinger (1790-1871) between 1821-23, this Federal style home was moved to its present location on Warren Square from West Perry Street. Eppinger later left Savannah for Pike County, in west central Georgia, and served as an attorney, Georgia legislator, and judge. He was the son of John Eppinger, Sr. (1765-1823), a brickmaker and bricklayer who built what may have been the first brick house in Savannah (a public house at 110 Oglethorpe Avenue built before 1764).
Peter Meldrim, who later became a judge, lived in this house as a youth during the Civil War. Judge Meldrim was later the owner of the iconic Green-Meldrim House, which served as General Sherman’s Savannah headquarters.
Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston, no date, Historic American Buildings Survey, Courtesy Library of Congress
This view was likely made in the late 1930s, when the house was still located at West Perry Street. The front stairs and shortened chimneys are the only notable differences in its appearance.
Savannah Historic District, National Historic Landmark
Filed under -CHATHAM COUNTY, Savannah GA
Vernacular House, Tarboro
In the historically African-American communities that dominate the coastal region, utilitarian vernacular forms, such as this gable front example, are the rule.
Filed under -CAMDEN COUNTY, Tarboro GA
American Foursquare Houses, Midway
These two houses, across from Dorchester Academy, are modified examples of the American Foursquare style.
Filed under -LIBERTY COUNTY, Midway GA
