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Mercer House (now the Mercer Williams House Museum) is located at 429 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia. [3] Completed in 1868, it occupies the southwestern civic block of Monterey Square. The house was the scene of the 1981 killing of Danny Hansford by the home's owner Jim Williams, a story that is retold in the 1994 John Berendt book Midnight ...
Savannah, Georgia, U.S. Occupation. Tradesman. Danny Lewis Hansford (March 1, 1960 – May 2, 1981) was an American shooting victim who was killed by his employer, historic preservationist and antiques dealer Jim Williams, at Williams' home in Savannah, Georgia, United States. His death was recounted in John Berendt 's 1994 non-fiction book ...
James Arthur Williams (December 11, 1930 – January 14, 1990) was an American antiques dealer and a historic preservationist based in Savannah, Georgia. He played an active role in the preservation of the Savannah Historic District for over 35 years. Williams is the main character in John Berendt 's book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ...
Charges. Felony murder, aggravated assault. On August 7, 2020, Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis, an unarmed 60-year-old American carpenter, was fatally shot by Georgia State Patrol officer Jacob Gordon Thompson, on a rural road in Screven County, Georgia. Thompson attempted to stop Lewis for driving a vehicle with a broken tail light.
The house changed hands several times. It became the Fox & Weeks funeral home in 1953, which was in business for over fifty years. [5] [4] Today, the Lewis Kayton House, also known as Mansion on Forsyth Park, is a 126-room Romanesque Revival-style hotel which covers 18,000 square feet (1,700 m 2). The former Kayton mansion was converted into a ...
Bonaventure Cemetery. Bonaventure Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, east of Savannah, Georgia. [1] The cemetery's prominence grew when it was featured in the 1994 novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, and in the subsequent movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, based on the book ...
Added to NRHP. May 11, 1976 [1] Designated NHL. May 11, 1976 [2] The Owens–Thomas House & Slave Quarters (originally known as the Richardson House) is a historic home in Savannah, Georgia, that is operated as a historic house museum by Telfair Museums. It is located at 124 Abercorn Street, on the northeast corner of Oglethorpe Square. [3]
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