Gordon Row (also known as Gordon Block)[3] is a historic row house in Savannah, Georgia, United States. The largest single row-house in Savannah, it comprises fifteen homes (or "units") located between 101 and 129 West Gordon Street in the southeastern residential block of Chatham Square. Completed in 1854, it is a contributing property of the Savannah Historic District, itself on the National Register of Historic Places, as are its standing carriage houses to the rear.[4] The row occupies the entire block between Barnard Street on the west and Whitaker Street on the east and sits directly across Chatham Square from Quantock Row on Taylor Street.
| Gordon Row | |
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 Gordon Row in the mid-20th century. Viewed from Whitaker Street, looking west | |
 Interactive map of the Gordon Row area | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival[1] |
| Location | Chatham Square, Savannah, Georgia, U.S., 101–129 West Gordon Street |
| Coordinates | 32°04′17″N 81°05′48″W / 32.0713°N 81.0966°W |
| Completed | 1854 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 (plus raised basement)[2] |
The properties were built between 1853 and 1855 for prospective use as renter-occupied houses in the city's blossoming market.[3]
After falling into disrepair, the properties were renovated in the mid-20th century by the Historic Savannah Foundation.[5]
Other similar-style row houses exist in Savannah's Scudder's Row, the two Quantock Rows (of Taylor Street and Jones Street), William Remshart Row House, McDonough Row and Mary Marshall Row.[3]
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View from its western end
View from sidewalk, 2021
117 West Gordon, 2021
127-129 West Gordon, 2021
Date plaque
Ramshackle line of carriage houses at the rear, 2021
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References
edit- ↑ The Georgia Catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey: A Guide to the Architecture of the State, John Linley, University of Georgia Press (1982)
- ↑ The National Trust Guide to Savannah, Roulhac Toledano (Wiley, 1997), p. 162 (ISBN 0471155683)
- 1 2 3 Chatham Square – GoSouth Savannah
- ↑ Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 63
- ↑ Antiques at Savannah, Editorial Publications (1967), p. 18
See also
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