Green-Meldrim House
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Green-Meldrim House in 2011
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| Location: | Savannah, Georgia |
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| Coordinates: | 32°4′26″N 81°5′41″W / 32.07389°N 81.09472°WCoordinates: 32°4′26″N 81°5′41″W / 32.07389°N 81.09472°W |
| Built: | 1850 |
| Architect: | John S. Norris |
| Architectural style: | Gothic Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 74000664 |
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| Added to NRHP: | January 21, 1974[1] |
| Designated NHL: | May 11, 1976[2] |
The Green-Meldrim House is a historic house located in Savannah, Georgia. It is located at 14 West Macon Street, on the northwest corner of Madison Square[3][4] and was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[5][6]
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[edit] History
The house was designed and built between 1853 and 1861 at a cost of $93,000 by the architect John Norris.[7][8] The property's first owner was Charles Green, a wealthy cotton merchant and grandfather of the writer Julien Green.[9]
At this time, none of the original furniture is on display at the house. After the Union troops captured Savannah in 1864, Sherman occupied the house and used it as a headquarters until the end of the Civil War.[10] It was in this house in December 1864 that Sherman composed his famous telegram to President Lincoln, in which he communicated his desire to present to the President "as a Christmas Gift the City of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton"; the cotton belonged to Charles Green, the owner of the House.[11][12] In 1892, local politician and judge Peter Meldrim purchased the property and lived in it a number of decades.[13] In 1943, his heirs sold the house to St John's Church, which is located next door. Tours of the house are given during the day, and the church uses it for wedding receptions and after-church events.[14]
[edit] Architectural style
It is among the best-known examples of the Gothic Revival style in the South, and has a cast-iron porch, oriel windows, and an imposing front cast-iron fence.
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Green-Meldrim House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1429&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
- ^ http://www.savannahga.gov/cityweb/p&tweb.nsf/02e67f6f5dc1d3e585256c2f0071940a/b3c6db5e9ee4c77f852571f7002c8d61?OpenDocument
- ^ http://www.visit-historic-savannah.com/madisonsquare.html
- ^ "Lists of National Historic Landmarks". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/nhl/designations/listsofNHLs.htm.
- ^ http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1429&ResourceType=Building
- ^ http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000066
- ^ http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2682
- ^ http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-529
- ^ http://www.visit-historic-savannah.com/green-meldrim-house.html
- ^ http://blogs.archives.gov/prologue/?p=2503
- ^ http://www.stjohnssav.org/green_meldrim/history/
- ^ Polk’s Savannah City Directories
- ^ http://www.stjohnssav.org/green_meldrim/tours_rentals/
[edit] External Links
Media related to Green-Meldrim House at Wikimedia Commons
- The History of the Green-Meldrim House
- Images of the Green-Meldrim House I
- The Historic Green-Meldrim House
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