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This is a list of historic houses and buildings in Savannah, Georgia, that have their own articles or are on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Houses Green–Meldrim House. Owens–Thomas House (NRHP and National Landmark) Isaiah Davenport House (NRHP) Oliver Sturges House (NHRP) William Scarbrough House (NRHP and National Landmark)
The Rupes Nigra ("Black Rock"), a phantom island, was believed to be a black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole or at the geographic North Pole itself. Described by Gerardus Mercator as 33 French miles in size, it provided a supposed explanation for why all compasses point to this location.
The Wormsloe Historic Site, originally known as Wormsloe Plantation, is a state historic site near Savannah, Georgia, in the southeastern United States.The site consists of 822 acres (3.33 km 2) protecting part of what was once the Wormsloe Plantation, a large estate established by one of Georgia's colonial founders, Noble Jones (c. 1700-1775).
June 2, 1978 (Martin Luther King Jr Blvd (formerly W. Broad St.) and Railroad Ave. Savannah: A National Historic Landmark and currently the home of the Georgia State Railroad Museum; expansion of the Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed listing
He died seven years after the building's construction. From the late 1990s until around 2022, the building was occupied by Alex Raskin Antiques and later sold that year in a private sale to an unknown real estate developer, “HP”. [4] The entrance to the store was at 441 Bull Street on the building's eastern side. [5]
Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room is a casual restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, US which offers a menu of Southern US home cooking. Situated in a historic house dated to 1870, it is a popular dining spot in the city. The restaurant was owned and managed by Sema Wilkes for 59 years, from 1943 until her death in 2002 at age 95. [1]
The Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S. historic district that roughly corresponds to the city limits of Savannah, Georgia, prior to the American Civil War.The area was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966, [1] and is one of the largest districts of its kind in the United States. [2]
17 Hundred 90 Inn & Restaurant (also stylized as 17Hundred90 Inn & Restaurant) is a historic inn, restaurant and tavern in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located on East President Street, just west of Columbia Square , it is Savannah's oldest inn, [ 4 ] occupying a building dating to 1790, [ 5 ] thus pre-dating the foundation of the square.