The
Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S.
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
that roughly corresponds to the city limits of
Savannah, Georgia, prior to the
American Civil War. The area was declared a
National Historic Landmark District in 1966,
[James Dillon (1977) , National Park Service and ] and is one of the largest districts of its kind in the United States.
The district was made in recognition of the unique layout of the city, begun by
James Oglethorpe at the city's founding and propagated for over a century of its growth.
The district is about in area. It is bounded by the
Savannah River
The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. Two tributaries of the Savannah, the Tugaloo River and the Chattooga River, form the norther ...
on the north,
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on the west, Gwinnett Street and
Forsyth Park on the south, and
East Broad Street
East Broad Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located to the east of Price Street, at the eastern edge of Savannah's downtown, it runs for about from East Bay Street in the north to East Victory Drive (U.S. R ...
and Trustees' Garden on the east.
[
Below is an incomplete list of relevant buildings inside Savannah Historic District:]
Selected contributing properties
See also
* List of historic houses and buildings in Savannah, Georgia
* Historic Savannah Foundation
References
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National Register of Historic Places in Savannah, Georgia
Buildings and structures in Savannah, Georgia
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