David Cohen House

David Cohen House
The building in 2021
General information
Location	Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Address	108 East Jones Street
Coordinates	32°04′20″N81°05′34″W / 32.0723°N 81.0928°W / 32.0723; -81.0928
Completed	1853(172 years ago) (1853)
Technical details
Floor count	3

The David Cohen House is a home in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located at 108 East Jones Street and was constructed in 1853. ^{[1] [2]}

The building is part of the Savannah Historic District, ^[1] and in a survey for the Historic Savannah Foundation, Mary Lane Morrison found the building to be of significant status. ^[3]

It was built for David Lopez Cohen (1820–1893), ^[4] a successful ship builder from Charleston, South Carolina, and the nephew of David L. Lopez. ^[5] He also built the Shearith Israel Synagogue at 34 Wentworth Street in Charleston. ^{[4] [6]} He is interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery. ^[7]

See also

• Buildings in Savannah Historic District

References

1. Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011)
2. A Visitor’s Guide to Historic Savannah Homes, Tom Draffin (2017), p. 1857
3. Historic Savannah: Survey of Significant Buildings in the Historic and Victorian Districts of Savannah, Georgia, Mary Lane Morrison (1979), p. 297
4. "David Lopez Jr.: Builder, Industrialist, and Defender of the Confederacy" - American Jewish Archives
5. http://sites.americanjewisharchives.org/publications/journal/PDF/2012_64_01_00_stiefel.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
6. Mapping Jewish CharlestonFrom The Colonial Era To The Present Day Archived 2020-06-06 at the Wayback Machine - College of Charleston
7. Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series - Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011)