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Our Coast :: Savannah City Guide :: Visiting
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November 23, 2008
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Columbia Square: Francis Stone House
High-stooped, white, frame house with black trim; built for city alderman Francis Stone. Francis Stone, who built this house, was given five shares of Central Railroad in gratitude for his service during the yellow fever epidemic in 1854.
--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. |
Map | Next Stop: Oglethorpe Square
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