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6 West Harris Street.
Charles Blaney Cluskey, Irish architect, designed this elegant dwelling for the Sorrel family. Cluskey's love of Greek Revival design is seen in the accents of Doric columns, a sweeping double entrance and marble floors. In deference to torrid Savannah summers, Cluskey drew plans for the main floor so that all rooms opened onto a shaded veranda. One distinguished member of the Sorrel family was Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, known as Moxley. Young Moxley was a bank clerk in Savannah when the Civil War began. He fought with the Confederates, served as one of Lee's lieutenants, was wounded three times and, by age 26, held the rank of brigadier general. Later the house was owned by the Weed family. Now it is a private residence with a shop attached.