Scudder's Row Explained

Scudder's Row
Location:Monterey Square, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Address:1–9 East Gordon Street
Coordinates:32.0707°N -81.0946°W
Main Contractor:John and Ephraim Scudder

Scudder's Row (possibly Scudders Row) is a historic row house in Savannah, Georgia, United States.[1] It comprises the five homes from 1 to 9 East Gordon Street, in the southeastern residential block of Monterey Square, and was completed in 1853. It is a contributing property of the Savannah Historic District, itself on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

The properties were built between 1852 and 1853 by brothers John and Ephraim Scudder.[3] John Scudder also built several of the homes on Savannah's Jones Street, which has been described as one of the most charming streets in America.[4] [5]

Other similar-style row houses exist in Savannah's Gordon Row, the Jones Street Quantock Row, the Chatham Square Quantock Row, William Remshart Row House, McDonough Row and Marshall Row.

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Notes and References

  1. Historic Savannah, Historic Savannah Foundation (1968), p. 38
  2. https://www.thempc.org/docs/lit/hist/maps/supplement.pdf Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Pl1aavDFhPUC&dq=Augustus+Bonaud+savannah+georgia&pg=PA289 Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series
  4. Web site: Jones Street, Savannah, Ga . GoSouthSavannah . March 21, 2021 .
  5. News: The most charming streets in America . . October 16, 2019 . Darcy . Schild . March 21, 2021 .