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Columbia Square: The Kehoe House

Red brick and terra cotta, built for William J. Kehoe, founder of Kehoe Iron Works. DeWitt Bruyn, architect. Mr. Kehoe, an Irishman, was the father of nine children. When the eldest daughter and her five children came home to live, Mr. Kehoe often packed up rosary and newspaper and climbed to the cupola (long since rotted away) for respite. The mood of the house is Romantic Revival, and there's handcarved oak woodwork inside, plus twelve marble mantles. Long a haven to the weary, Kehoe House was once a funeral home and is now an inn. 123 Habersham Street.

--Visitor's Guide to Savannah

Columbia Square
1. Francis Stone House
(1821), 402-404 East State Street. High-stooped, white, frame house with black trim; built for city alderman Francis Stone.
2. Isaiah Davenport House
(1815-1821) 324 East State Street. Here's the linchpin of historic preservation in Savannah. It was the threat of destruction of this house that prompted seven strong Savannah women in 1955 to band together in outraged opposition.
3. The Kehoe House
(c.1890) 123 habersham Street. Red brick and terra cotta, built for William J. Kehoe, founder of Kehoe Iron Works. DeWitt Bruyn, architect.

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