Mary Marshall Houses

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The Mary Marshall Houses is a duplex building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the southwestern civic block of Oglethorpe Square and was built in the 1840s[1] as rental property for Mary Marshall. It is part of the Savannah Historic District.[1]

Mary Marshall Houses
The building in 2022
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General information
LocationSavannah, Georgia, U.S.
Address127–129 Abercorn Street
Coordinates32°04′38″N 81°05′27″W / 32.077349647°N 81.09071810°W / 32.077349647; -81.09071810
Completedc. 1840 (184 years ago) (1840)
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A structure on the same lot, but which faced onto East President Street, is visible in Historic American Buildings Survey photographs taken in the mid-20th century. This building was later demolished, after which the rears of today's duplex were extended.[citation needed]

In a survey for the Historic Savannah Foundation, Mary Lane Morrison found the building to be of significant status.[2] In 1964, Walter C. Hartridge wrote: "This trust lot, which is bounded by Abercorn and Drayton Streets, contains two buildings that are among the finest structures of the Greek Revival period in the United States.[3] Hartridge also stated, incorrectly, that the property was designed by Charles B. Cluskey, although he could have been responsible for its early form that was later expanded upon.[citation needed]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011)
  2. ^ Historic Savannah: Survey of Significant Buildings in the Historic and Victorian Districts of Savannah, Georgia, Mary Lane Morrison (1979)
  3. ^ Building Data Sheet, Historic Savannah Inventory, Anson Ward, card number 22