Mary Marshall Houses Explained

Mary Marshall Houses
Location:Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Address:127–129 Abercorn Street
Coordinates:32.0773°N -81.0907°W
Completion Date:c.
Floor Count:4

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]

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.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.thempc.org/docs/lit/hist/maps/supplement.pdf Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
  2. Historic Savannah: Survey of Significant Buildings in the Historic and Victorian Districts of Savannah, Georgia, Mary Lane Morrison (1979)
  3. https://www.savannahga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/18576/1121-073_Anson_acc Building Data Sheet