Mary Marshall Houses
The Mary Marshall Houses is a duplex building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the southwestern civic block of Oglethorpe Square and was built in the 1840s[1] as rental property for Mary Marshall. It is part of the Savannah Historic District.[1]
| Mary Marshall Houses | |
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.jpg.webp) The building in 2022 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Address | 127–129 Abercorn Street |
| Coordinates | 32.077349647°N 81.09071810°W |
| Completed | c. 1840 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
A structure on the same lot, but which faced onto East President Street, is visible in Historic American Buildings Survey photographs taken in the mid-20th century. This building was later demolished, after which the rears of today's duplex were extended.
In a survey for the Historic Savannah Foundation, Mary Lane Morrison found the building to be of significant status.[2] In 1964, Walter C. Hartridge wrote: "This trust lot, which is bounded by Abercorn and Drayton Streets, contains two buildings that are among the finest structures of the Greek Revival period in the United States.[3] Hartridge also stated, incorrectly, that the property was designed by Charles B. Cluskey, although he could have been responsible for its early form that was later expanded upon.
Architectural detail
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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)
- Building Data Sheet, Historic Savannah Inventory, Anson Ward, card number 22