538 East State Street is a historic building in
Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the northeastern
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 designated a historic building in 1973.
[Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District]
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah
Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 31 Originally built for a William Ricker in 1818, it was later sold to an Abraham Ricker in 1821. Then in 1861 it was held by Joseph Burke, a cotton merchant and co-founder of the Bank of Commerce, until 1868.
It is part of the
Savannah Historic District, and it stands immediately to the east of the
John Dorsett House, the smallest free-standing house in the city.
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See also
* Buildings in Savannah Historic District
References
Houses in Savannah, Georgia
Houses completed in 1818
Greene Square (Savannah) buildings
Savannah Historic District
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