The Ardsley Park–Chatham Crescent Historic District is a

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 ...

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. Covering , the district was first listed in the

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in 1985. It includes 998 buildings deemed to be

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, with boundaries defined as Victory Drive (north), 54th lane (south), Bull Street (west), and Waters Avenue (east). The district centers on a large residential neighborhood of wood-frame houses developed in 1909–1910 as two subdivisions: Ardsley Park to the west of Habersham Street, and Chatham Crescent to its east. The area's three architectural styles are Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, and

Late Victorian Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. ''Victorian'' refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian we ...

. With . Houses in the district were designed by leading Savannah

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of the early 20th century, including

Henrik Wallin Henrik Wallin (October 9, 1873 – January 28, 1936) was a Savannah, Georgia-based architect. He was born in Rodviken, Nordmaling, Sweden in 1873. He designed some works that are included on the National Register of Historic Places within histo ...

Hyman Witcover Hyman Wallace Witcover (July 16, 1871 – October 2, 1936) was an architect prominent in Savannah, Georgia. He worked as a draftsman for Alfred Eichberg and eventually partnered with him. Life and career Witcover was born in Darlington, South Ca ...

, Cletus Bergen, George B. Clark, E. Lynn Drummond, Morton Levy, Olaf Otto, Percy Sudgen, and Henry Urban.

Neighboring districts

* Lamara Heights * Abercorn Heights * Edgemore * Parkside * Olin Heights

References

https://www.myhsf.org/what-we-do/historic-districts/ardsley-park-chatham-crescent/ http://www.apccna.org/ http://www.apccna.org/history.html

External links

* Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Victorian architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture Chatham County, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Savannah, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub