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Green-Meldrim House - 14 W. Macon Street, Madison Square

From crenelated parapet to metal-studded portal, the design is Gothic and the mood medieval. First owner was cotton merchant Charles Green; John S. Norris was builder and architect. Union General William Tecumseh Sherman had headquarters here when Savannah surrendered to him toward the end of the Civil War. Sherman sent the following telegram to President Abraham Lincoln in December, 1864: "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah..." A later owner was Judge Peter Meldrim, mayor of Savannah, and father of beautiful daughters. Toward the end of her long life, Sophie Meldrim Shonnard was still beautiful as she adjusted her pink boa in her apartment on Perry Street, asking just the right questions to make each guest feel special. The house became a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and is also known as the St John's Episcopal Church Parish House.

Map | Next Stop: St. Johns Episcopal Church

A. Mulberry Holiday Inn
B. Isaiah Davenport House
C. Owens-Thomas House
D. Mary Marshall Row
E. Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
F. Battersby-Hartridge-Anderson House
G. Flannery O'Connor House
H. Andrew Low House
I. Hamilton-Turner house
J. Temple Mickve Israel
K. Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory
L. Masonic Temple
M. Green-Meldrim House
N. St. Johns Episcopal Church
O. Sorrel-Weed house
P. (912) 307-309 Bull St.
Q. Champion-McAlpin-Fowlkes House
R. U.S. Post Office
S. Lutheran Church of the Ascension
T. Juliette Gordon Low House
U. Christ Church
V. U.S. Customs House
W. Savannah Cotton Exchange