Gordon Row

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Gordon Row
Row Houses, 101-129 Gordon Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA.jpg
Gordon Row in the mid-20th century. Viewed from Whitaker Street, looking west
Gordon Row
General information
Architectural style Romanesque revival [1]
Location Chatham Square, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Address101–129 West Gordon Street
Coordinates 32°04′17″N81°05′48″W / 32.0713°N 81.0966°W / 32.0713; -81.0966 Coordinates: 32°04′17″N81°05′48″W / 32.0713°N 81.0966°W / 32.0713; -81.0966
Completed1854;168 years ago (1854)
Technical details
Floor count3 (plus raised basement) [2]

Gordon Row (also known as Gordon Block) [3] is a historic row house in Savannah, Georgia, United States. The largest single row house in Savannah, it comprises fifteen homes (or "units") located between 101 and 129 West Gordon Street in the southeastern residential block of Chatham Square. Completed in 1854, it is a contributing property of the Savannah Historic District, itself on the National Register of Historic Places, as are its standing carriage houses to the rear. [4] The row occupies the entire block between Barnard Street on the west and Whitaker Street on the east and sits directly opposite Chatham Square to Quantock Row on Taylor Street.

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The properties were built between 1853 and 1855 for prospective use as renter-occupied houses in the city's blossoming market. [3]

After falling into disrepair, the properties were renovated in the mid-20th century by the Historic Savannah Foundation. [5]

Other similar-style row houses exist in Savannah's Scudder's Row, the two Quantock Rows (of Taylor Street and Jones Street), William Remshart Row House, McDonough Row and Marshall Row. [3]

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References

  1. The Georgia Catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey: A Guide to the Architecture of the State, John Linley, University of Georgia Press (1982)
  2. The National Trust Guide to Savannah, Roulhac Toledano (Wiley, 1997), p. 162 ( ISBN   0471155683)
  3. 1 2 3 Chatham Square – GoSouth Savannah
  4. Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 63
  5. Antiques at Savannah, Editorial Publications (1967), p. 18

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