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May, 11, 2008
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 Architecture Online Tour
Sorrel-Weed house - 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.
Map | Next Stop: 307-309 Bull Street
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. 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
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