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Madison Square: Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)

Romanesque red brick with up-ended cannon flanking the entrance, built as the Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory. Just a bit south of Madison Square, on Bull Street, is the first building that SCAD acquired, designed in 1893 by William Gibbons Preston. Combined here are red brick and beautifully molded terra cotta, a favorite combination in this period. Since its beginning in 1979, SCAD has renovated and utilized many downtown buildings. The growth of the college has brought vitality into many downtown neighborhoods. Gallery A, at the corner, offers students' work for view or purchase. 342 Bull Street.

--Visitor's Guide to Savannah

Madison Square
1. Sorrel-Weed House
(c.1841), 6 West Harris Street. Stuccoed building with welcoming-arms stairs at entrance.
2. St. John's Episcopal Church Parish House
(1863), 14 West Macon Street, also known as the Green-Meldrim House Museum. Medieval-styled architecture with unusual oriel windows.
3. St. John's Episcopal Church
Bull Street on Madison Square. Gothic church with connecting garden to parish house.
4. Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
342 Bull Street. Romanesque red brick with up-ended cannon flanking the entrance, built as the Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory.
5. Eliza Jewitt House
(1843), 326 Bull Street, on Madison Square. Classical residence with bookstore on street level.
6. DeSoto Hilton Hotel
15 East Liberty Street. Modern hotel-office complex.

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