Architectural Tours of Savannah

Happy Valentine’s Day from Savannah - boot scraper detail from the Davenport House

Happy Veterans Day 2020 from Savannah

Quick walk around St Augustine, Florida - America’s oldest European settlement.

A little rain in late July enhancing three Federal Period homes that all have fanlights above their front doors.

Davenport House leading the way Morning Break

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A few before and after photoshop images with power lines and cars removed.

Greek Revival represented on a Savannah house, church, and government building.

An evening stroll past three Federal Period “five four and a door” houses on Warren Square.

A few landmarks on Madison Square.

Savannah's Historic Homes This popular 2009 film from veteran local filmmaker Michael Jordan takes viewers inside virtually every Savannah, GA historic house open to the public, from ...

Episcopal, Presbyterian, Catholic, Unitarian ...many congregations with deep roots in Savannah’s history

The DeSoto Pharmacy built by the Georgia Hussars in 1897. This building became an automobile dealership showroom in 1910. It was also the view when you walked out the front entrance of the old DeSoto Hotel that stood on the other side of Bull Street.

The George and Lucy Baldwin House on Hall Street from 1887 by designed by Boston architect William Gibbons Preston and the C.D. Rogers House from 1871 on Jones Street.

The Drouillard-Maupas House from 1799 originally the plantation house for Andre Drouillard, a refugee of the Haitian Revolution. The Drouillard House is the oldest building in the Thomas Square historic district and predates the street grid surrounding it. Drouillard’s widow, Elizabeth left the house to their daughter and her husband Amazaline and Louis Maupas.

Happy Palm Sunday from Savannah! The oldest house in Savannah, GA is currently under construction! I know that sounds odd but part of the Hills-Galloway House at Printmakers Inn dates from the 1690s and part of it from the 1700s. Like many New Englanders, it has recently made a move to the south.

This is the quietest Spring in Savannah in decades but the architecture is still picture perfect.

Savannah Theatre has a message on the marquee for spring 2020.

A few weeks ago, I went to a Victorian costume party as John J. Nevitt, the architect of the Hammond-Ellis house where the party was held. In the process of getting into character, I found Nevitt’s obituary. Born in Savannah, he was drafted into the confederate army when he was 14. After the war, he graduated from University of Georgia at age 20 and became known as a church architect. As well as this house for Mary Hammond from 1884, he designed several other homes near Forsyth Park. When he died in 1918, he had siblings living in Toronto, New York, Pittsburgh, and Athens, GA.

This will be the quietest in decades but the 🦩 behind the houses are a perennial bright spot viewed through a -

Merry Christmas from Savannah!

Happy Halloween 2019 - a few decorations adorning Savannah buildings this year

Happy Thanksgiving from Savannah!

J.H.H.Entelman’s grocery store from 1897 is now East End Provisions restaurant. The older photo on the left is currently on display inside the building.

Happy 4th of July from Savannah!