2 East Taylor Street (also known as the Comer House) is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the northwestern tything block of

Monterey Square Monterey Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the southernmost row of the city's five rows of squares, on Bull Street and Wayne Street, and was laid out in 1847. It is south of Madison Square, wes ...

and was built in 1880.Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 65 It is part of the Savannah Historic District. It was formerly the home of Hugh Moss Comer (1842–1900), president of the

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, president of the Confederacy, was a guest at the house in 1886 with his daughter

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.Comer House: Jefferson Davis
- Georgia Historical SocietyComer House
- Historical Marker Database The exterior of the house appears in the

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-directed 1997 movie '' Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil''. John Cusack's character, John Kelso, is welcomed to town by the home's owner from one of its verandas. The gate in the fenced wall that Kelso walks through has since been removed.

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File:Comer House, 1880.jpg, Another 2017 view, of the main entrance File:Savannah Historic District 43.JPG, Historic marker File:2 East Taylor Street carriage house.jpg, The carriage house, located behind the property on East Jones Lane

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{{DEFAULTSORT:East Taylor Street 2 Houses in Savannah, Georgia Houses completed in 1880 Monterey Square (Savannah) buildings Savannah Historic District

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