117–119 Houston Street (also known as The Henry Cunningham House or The Henry Cunningham Estate) is a historic building in
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Br ...
, United States. A
duplex, it is located on
Houston Street
Houston Street ( ) is a major east–west thoroughfare in Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs the full width of the island of Manhattan, from FDR Drive along the East River in the east to the West Side Highway along the Hudson River in t ...
in the northwestern
tything
A tithing or tything was a historic English legal, administrative or territorial unit, originally ten hides (and hence, one tenth of a hundred). Tithings later came to be seen as subdivisions of a manor or civil parish. The tithing's leader or s ...
of
Greene Square
Greene Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is the easternmost square in the second row of the city's five rows of squares. The square is located on Houston Street and East President Street, and is south of Wa ...
and was built in 1810.
[Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District]
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah
Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 31 It is part of the
Savannah Historic District Savannah Historic District may refer to:
*Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia), a National Historic Landmark district in Georgia
* Central of Georgia Railroad: Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities, Savannah, Georgia, a historic district ...
.
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Originally built for the founder and first minister of the Second African Baptist Church, Reverend Henry Cunningham and his wife Elizabeth, a business owner. Their home is considered the oldest building constructed for a Person of Color in Savannah.
The duplex is currently configured with the 119 unit as two bedrooms and one bath, and the 117 unit as two bedrooms and one-and-a-half baths. The building is currently operated as a vacation rental.]
See also
*Buildings in Savannah Historic District
The Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia), Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S. Historic districts in the United States, historic district that roughly corresponds to the city limits of Savannah, Georgia, prior to the American ...
References
Houses in Savannah, Georgia
Houses completed in 1810
Greene Square (Savannah) buildings
Savannah Historic District
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