Granite Hall
Granite Hall is an Italianate mansion in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located on East Gaston Street, just to the northeast of Forsyth Park.[1] It is part of the Savannah Historic District,[1] and was built in 1881 for Fred Hull. In a survey for Historic Savannah Foundation, Mary Lane Morrison found the building to be of significant status.[2]
| Granite Hall | |
|---|---|
 The building in 2021 | |
| Former names | Fred Hull House |
| General information | |
| Location | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Address | 126 East Gaston Street |
| Coordinates | 32.0699124174°N 81.0931214°W |
| Completed | 1881 |
| Owner | Savannah College of Art and Design (since 2006) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John M. Williams |
The building was used as the venue for the Married Women's Card Club visited by John Cusack's character, John Kelso, in the 1997 movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Jim Williams, upon whom both the movie and the book on which it was based was centered, purchased the house in the mid-1980s and began an extensive restoration program on it; he died before it was completed, however.[3] Around that time, it was the Granite Steps guest house, so named for its double-entry staircase that ascends from the street.[4]
Since 2006, the property has been owned by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).[3]
References
- Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011)
- Historic Savannah: Survey of Significant Buildings in the Historic and Victorian Districts of Savannah, Georgia, Mary Lane Morrison (1979)
- Granite Hall – SCAD.edu
- The Carolinas & the Georgia Coast, Norman Renouf and Kathy Renouf (1999) ISBN 9781556508547