William Remshart Row House

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William Remshart Row House
William Remshart Row Houses, 104, 106, 108, 110 West Jones Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA.jpg
The row pictured in a mid-20th century photograph for the Historic American Buildings Survey
William Remshart Row House
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Location Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Address102–112 West Jones Street
Coordinates 32°04′23″N81°05′45″W / 32.0729972892°N 81.095730523°W / 32.0729972892; -81.095730523
Completed1853(171 years ago) (1853)

The William Remshart Row House is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. [1] It comprises the four properties between 102 and 111 West Jones Street, [2] and was completed in 1853. [3] It is a contributing property of the Savannah Historic District, itself on the National Register of Historic Places. [3]

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In the mid-19th century, the property was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey as being significant for its representation of mid-19th-century Savannah row houses, [4] particularly due to its high stoops. [5] Other similar-style row houses exist in Savannah's Gordon Row, the Jones Street Quantock Row, the Chatham Square Quantock Row, Scudder's Row, McDonough Row and Mary Marshall Row.

It was built for William Remshart (1804–1878), a prominent Savannah commission merchant. [6] [7]

The properties in 2022

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References

  1. Historic Savannah, Historic Savannah Foundation (1968), p. 38
  2. The National Register of Historic Places. U.S. Department of the Interior. p. 68.
  3. 1 2 Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 66
  4. "William Remshart Row Houses, 104, 106, 108, 110 West Jones Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  5. Rifkind, Carole (1984). A Field Guide to American Architecture. Bonanza Books. p. 45. ISBN   9780517460054.
  6. Binney, Marcus (1998). Town Houses: Urban Houses from 1200 to the Present Day. Whitney Library of Design. p. 99. ISBN   9780823069620.
  7. Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series - Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011)

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