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Bay Street, Savannah
This view looks west with the monumental United States Custom House in the foreground. The Custom House was built on the site of one of James Oglethorpe’s homes by prolific Savannah architect John...
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Hilton House, Circa 1879, Darien
Built by Colonel Joe Hilton, a principal in the Hilton-Dodge Mills on St. Simons Island and in Darien, this house remains in largely original condition. It is also known as the Hilton-Wilkins House....
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St. Andrew’s Church Rectory, Circa 1880, Darien
Sources I consulted vary as to the date of construction, but this house has always served as the rectory for the adjacent St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. Most references suggest it was built a year...
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Charlie Stebbins House, Circa 1935, Darien
This 20th century Colonial Revival landmark on Vernon Square is now Darien’s sweetest address. It’s been home since 2010 to Dale & Charlie Potts’s Sugar Marsh Cottage. My favorites are their...
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Jim Stebbins House, Circa 1885, Darien
Vernon Square-Columbus Square Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
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Georgian Cottage, Circa 1870, Darien
The Georgian Cottage is not the most prolific but perhaps the most iconic house type among Darien’s oldest surviving post-Civil War structures. Oral tradition suggests that this was one of the first...
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Whiteside-Green House, 1870s, Darien
This house has been identified as the Samuel Randolph Dean House, but after communication with the present owner I now believe this to be incorrect, it is thought to have been built by Dean Whiteside....
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Manson-Bluestein House, Circa 1876, Darien
This house was built for Andrew Manson. It was purchased by the Johnston family in the 1920s and later passed to Florence Johnston and her husband Jack Bluestein. David Bluestein has owned it for many...
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Yellow Bluff Company Store, Circa 1924, Liberty County
The Yellow Bluff Fishing Camp’s iconic company store survives despite being surrounded by modern development. Such structures were once common at fishing camps throughout Coastal Georgia but nearly...
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Dorchester Depot, Liberty County
I assumed this was a schoolhouse, as it’s located on Old Seabrook School Road, but apparently, it was the old Dorchester Depot. Historic Seabrook Village writes: This…is the Dorchester Train Depot...
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Italianate House, 1898, Isle of Hope
Isle of Hope Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
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Liberty Hall, Circa 1895, Isle of Hope
Built by Arthur Solomon, a noted Savannah gardener, this is also known as the Solomon-Schwalb-Cullen House. Isle of Hope Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
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Sarah Glen Bayard House, Circa 1855, Isle of Hope
The architecture suggests that this house was built in a simpler style, with the veranda porches and other ornamental amendments made later. One source dates it as early as 1847. Local tradition (not...
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Roland-Ellis-Cope House, 1850s, Isle of Hope
Though tax records indicate a construction date of 1864, that is likely the date of completion. It is thought to have been begun in the late 1850s and delayed by the Civil War. Isle of Hope Historic...
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The Shadows, Circa 1854, Isle of Hope
Also known as the Wylly-Bee-LeBey House, this raised Plantation Plain is an interesting variant of the popular style of 19th-century Georgia. Local tradition says that construction of the house was...
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Folk Victorian House, 1902, Isle of Hope
Isle of Hope Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
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Upchurch House, Circa 1900, Isle of Hope
Isle of Hope Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
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Gable Front House, Isle of Hope
There are quite a few houses of this common vernacular style in Isle of Hope, most dating to the first two decades of the 20th century. Isle of Hope Historic District, National Register of Historic...
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Vernacular Cottage, Isle of Hope
Isle of Hope Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
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