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The Isaiah Davenport House is a historic home in Savannah, Georgia, United States, built in 1820. It has been operated as a historic house museum by the Historic Savannah Foundation since 1963. The house is located at 324 East State Street, in the northwest corner of Columbia Square .
By 1825, Davenport had nine slave under his authority, the most recent being purchased from his mother-in-law Susannah Clarke. [1] Tenth and final child, Dudley (named for Davenport's brother), was born one month after his father's death. [1] Davenport's wife converted their home it into a boarding house. She lived in the residence until 1840 ...
Cornelia Rankin Groves (April 23, 1926 – October 31, 2021) was an American preservationist. She was one of the founders of Savannah Country Day School and was awarded the highest honor of the Historic Savannah Foundation, the Davenport Award, for her efforts in support of the Isaiah Davenport House.
Six of the 'Seven ladies' who saved the Davenport House and started Savannah's historic preservation movement sat for this photograph in 1983. The monument will be a gray granite "slant marker ...
Isaiah Davenport House, 324 East State Street (1820; on the National Register of Historic Places) Francis M. Stone House, 402 East State Street (1821) "Laura's Cottage", 416 East State Street (circa 1805; moved from Greene Ward) Timothy Bonticou Double House, 418–420 East State Street (1854–1861; moved from East Broughton Lane in 1972)
Built by Isaiah Davenport, it is located in the northwestern trust lot of Greene Square and was built between 1814 and 1816. [1] It is part of the Savannah Historic District. [1] The property formerly extended to the north, right up to East State Street, but it has since been shortened by about one quarter. Its dormer windows have also been ...
Tucked into the tree-covered west side of Savannah's Madison Square is St. John’s Church and the Green-Meldrim House. Both are independently open for tours, but on Wednesdays in May, visitors ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...