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Lafayette Square: Battersby-Hartridge-Anderson House

A brick residence in a design that's typical in Charleston, rare in Savannah. William Battersby built this brick house in 1852 on land purchased from friend and neighbor, Andrew Low. The front door opens onto a two-story side porch, or veranda. (In Charleston they call them "piazzas".) The original garden plan has been preserved in the walled "parterre" garden. (Parterre means that paths, beds and hedges form a pattern.) 119 East Charlton Street.

--Visitor's Guide to Savannah

Lafayette Square
1. Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
Abercorn Street at Lafayette Square. Oldest Roman Catholic Church in Georgia.
2. Andrew Low House Museum
329 Abercorn Street. Headquarters of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia.
3. Battersby-Hartridge-Anderson House
(1852) 119 East Charleton Street. A brick residence in a design that's typical in Charleston, rare in Savannah.
4. Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
(c.1855) 207 East Charlton Street. High-stooped house museum with a schedule of lectures and readings.
5. Hamilton-Turner House
(1873) 330 Abercorn Street. Outstanding example of Second Empire architecture with four iron balconies; house museum and gift shop.

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