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Pirates' House. / 32.07827°N 81.08393°W / 32.07827; -81.08393. Pirates' House is a historic restaurant and tavern established in 1734 located in downtown Savannah, Georgia, United States. A portion of the structure, known as the Herb House, was built in 1734. [1] The structures either side of it developed between 1794 and 1871. [1]
The Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S. historic district that roughly corresponds to the pre– Civil War city limits of Savannah, Georgia. The area was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966, [ 1][ 3] and is one of the largest urban, community-wide historic preservation districts in the United States. [ 4]
The district is about 2 square miles (5.2 km 2) in area. It is bounded by the Savannah River on the north, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on the west, Gwinnett Street and Forsyth Park on the south, and East Broad Street and Trustees' Garden on the east. Below is an incomplete list of relevant buildings inside Savannah Historic District:
The city of Savannah, Province of Georgia, was laid out in 1733, in what was colonial America, around four open squares, each surrounded by four residential "tithing") blocks and four civic ("trust") blocks. The layout of a square and eight surrounding blocks was known as a "ward." The original plan (now known as the Oglethorpe Plan) was part ...
4. The Marshall House is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It was opened in 1852 by Mary Magdalene Marshall [ 1] as one of Savannah's first hotels, built thirty years after the City Hotel, the city's first. Located on East Broughton Street, it is the city's oldest operating hotel today, owned by Savannah's HLC Hotels, Inc ...
June 22, 1970 [1] Designated NHL. November 7, 1973 [2] William Scarbrough House is a historic house in Savannah, Georgia. Built in 1819, and subjected to a number later alterations, it is nationally significant as an early example of Greek Revival architecture, and is one of the few surviving American works of architect William Jay.
Savannah Victorian Historic District. / 32.06472°N 81.09694°W / 32.06472; -81.09694. The Savannah Victorian Historic District is a historic district in Savannah, Georgia. It is mostly residential in character and features Late Victorian, Queen Anne, and other architectural styles. The district, which is not part of the Savannah ...
1. Roy's Motel and Cafe. Amboy, California. Roy's started as a gas and service station in 1938, an oasis on Route 66 in the Mojave Desert. It soon grew to include a cafe and cabins for overnight ...