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Temple Mickve Israel

As Georgia's oldest Jewish congregation, Mickve Israel began with a group of mainly Spanish-Portuguese Jews who landed in Savannah just five months after the founding of the colony. With them they brought a "Sephar Torah," still a prized possession of the congregation. Later, Jews of many different nationalities joined this congregation. The present temple with its beautiful windows was consecrated in 1878. Designed by Henry G. Harrison, it remains the only purely Gothic Revival synagogue in the United States. Early and recent documents and art objects relating to Jewish life in Savannah and Georgia form a collection which includes the original Torah, and letters to the congregation from presidents Washington, Jefferson and Madison.

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Monterey Square
1. Congregation Mickve Israel
Historic synagogue with Gothic architecture. One of the oldest Jewish congregations in the south, and the third oldest in the nation.
2. Thomas Levy House
(1867;1896) 12 East Taylor Street. Exuberantly baroque residence and print shop with Georgia marble steps, curved windows above the main entrance.
3. William Hunter House
(c. 1872), 10 East Taylor Street. Side galleries on two stories, golden yellow stucco.
4. Hugh M. Comer House
(1880), 2 East Taylor Street. This Victorian home was occupied for four days by the former Provisional President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, and his daughter Winnie in the spring of 1886.
5. 10 West Taylor Street
(1852) Sunset pink stucco with cast iron entrance stairs.
6. 423 and 425 Bull Street - Adler House
(1858) Exquisite ironwork, reminiscent of Gramercy Park.
7. Mercer House
(1860-1871) 429 Bull Street. Red brick, framed by a handsome iron fence.
8. Noble Hardee House
(1860-69), 3 West Gordon Street and 441 Bull Street. Residence and antiques shop at corner of Bull and Gordon; wraparound cast iron balcony.
9. George Ferguson Armstrong House
(1920) White brick mansion. Built for shipping executive who served in the Spanish-American War.
10. Oglethorpe Club
(1857) 450 Bull Street. Private Club established in 1870.
11. Scudders' Range
(c.1852) 1-9 East Gordon Street. Outstanding row of townhouses overlooking Monterey Square.

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