Gordon Row

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Gordon Row
Row Houses, 101-129 Gordon Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA.jpg
Gordon Row in the mid-20th century. Viewed from Whitaker Street, looking west
Gordon Row
General information
Architectural style Romanesque Revival [1]
Location Chatham Square, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Address101–129 West Gordon Street
Coordinates 32°04′17″N81°05′48″W / 32.0713°N 81.0966°W / 32.0713; -81.0966
Completed1854;171 years ago (1854)
Technical details
Floor count3 (plus raised basement) [2]

Gordon Row (also known as Gordon Block) [3] is a historic row house in Savannah, Georgia, United States. The largest single row-house in Savannah, it comprises fifteen homes (or "units") located between 101 and 129 West Gordon Street in the southeastern residential block of Chatham Square. Completed in 1854, it is a contributing property of the Savannah Historic District, itself on the National Register of Historic Places, as are its standing carriage houses to the rear. [4] The row occupies the entire block between Barnard Street on the west and Whitaker Street on the east and sits directly across Chatham Square from Quantock Row on Taylor Street.

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The properties were built between 1853 and 1855 for prospective use as renter-occupied houses in the city's blossoming market. [3]

After falling into disrepair, the properties were renovated in the mid-20th century by the Historic Savannah Foundation. [5]

Other similar-style row houses exist in Savannah's Scudder's Row, the two Quantock Rows (of Taylor Street and Jones Street), William Remshart Row House, McDonough Row and Mary Marshall Row. [3]

References

  1. The Georgia Catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey: A Guide to the Architecture of the State, John Linley, University of Georgia Press (1982)
  2. The National Trust Guide to Savannah, Roulhac Toledano (Wiley, 1997), p. 162 ( ISBN   0471155683)
  3. 1 2 3 Chatham Square – GoSouth Savannah
  4. Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 63
  5. Antiques at Savannah, Editorial Publications (1967), p. 18

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