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Lafayette Square: Hamilton-Turner House

Commissioned by Samuel P. Hamilton, this privately-owned house museum was constructed by Abraham Schedeker. Exterior brick was later covered with stucco. Revel in the elaborate Victorian ornamentation, from mansard roof down. 330 Abercorn Street.

--Visitor's Guide to Savannah

Lafayette Square
1. Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
Abercorn Street at Lafayette Square. Oldest Roman Catholic Church in Georgia.
2. Andrew Low House Museum
329 Abercorn Street. Headquarters of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia.
3. Battersby-Hartridge-Anderson House
(1852) 119 East Charleton Street. A brick residence in a design that's typical in Charleston, rare in Savannah.
4. Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
(c.1855) 207 East Charlton Street. High-stooped house museum with a schedule of lectures and readings.
5. Hamilton-Turner House
(1873) 330 Abercorn Street. Outstanding example of Second Empire architecture with four iron balconies; house museum and gift shop.

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Franklin Square
Johnson Square
Reynolds Square
Warren Square
Washington Square
Greene Square
Columbia Square
Oglethorpe Square
Wright Square
Telfair Square
Orleans Square
Chippewa Square
Colonial Park Cemetary
Troup Square
Lafayette Square
Madison Square
Pulaski Square
Monterey Square
Calhoun Square
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