Mary Marshall Row is a historic row house in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It stands at 230–244 East Oglethorpe Avenue,[1] overlooking Colonial Park Cemetery from the north.[2] They are contributing properties of the Savannah Historic District, itself on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

Mary Marshall Row
The property in 2021, viewed from Lincoln Street
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General information
LocationSavannah, Georgia, U.S.
Address230–244 East Oglethorpe Avenue
Coordinates32°04′35″N 81°05′22″W / 32.076321°N 81.089534°W / 32.076321; -81.089534
Completed1856 (168 years ago) (1856)

The properties were built as rental properties for Mary Magdalene Marshall, a noted investor and philanthropist, between 1855 and 1856. They were designed by Charles Cluskey.[4]

In 1959, the demolition of the properties was prevented by the Historic Savannah Foundation.[4][5]

Other similar-style row houses exist in Savannah's Gordon Row, the Jones Street Quantock Row, the Chatham Square Quantock Row, William Remshart Row House and McDonough Row.

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  1. ^ "Marshall Row, Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  2. ^ Toledano, Roulhac (1997-04-03). The National Trust Guide to Savannah. John Wiley & Sons. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-471-15568-3.
  3. ^ Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 66
  4. ^ a b "Oglethorpe Square, Savannah, GA". Go South! Savannah. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  5. ^ Sheehy, Barry; Wallace, Cindy; Goode-Walker, Vaughnette (2011). Civil War Savannah: Savannah, immortal city. Greenleaf Book Group. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-934572-70-2.