The Abram Minis Building is a historic building in
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later t ...
, United States. Located in the northeastern
trust block of
Franklin Square, at 317 West
Bryan Street and 20–22
Montgomery Street
Montgomery Street is a north-south thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, in the United States.
It runs about 16 blocks from the Telegraph Hill neighborhood south through downtown, terminating at Market Street. South of Columbus Avenue ...
,
[Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District](_blank)
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011) it dates to 1846,
making it the oldest extant building on the square. It was built as a commercial property for 26-year-old
Abraham Minis, a prominent merchant of the city and founder of A. Minis & Sons.
In a survey for the
Historic Savannah Foundation
Historic Savannah Foundation is a preservation organization founded in 1955 and based in Savannah, Georgia, United States.
In 1950, the four-story Wetter House on East Oglethorpe was demolished.[Mary Lane Morrison
Mary Lane Morrison (August 15, 1907 – July 16, 1994) was an American writer, historian and preservationist. She was the curator of the Georgia Historical Society, a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state ...]
found the building to be of significant status.
[''Historic Savannah: Survey of Significant Buildings in the Historic and Victorian Districts of Savannah, Georgia'', ]Mary Lane Morrison
Mary Lane Morrison (August 15, 1907 – July 16, 1994) was an American writer, historian and preservationist. She was the curator of the Georgia Historical Society, a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state ...
(1979), p. 16
File:Abraham Minis Property (1).jpg, View from the end of West St. Julian Street (2021)
See also
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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
Commercial buildings in Savannah, Georgia
Commercial buildings completed in 1846
Franklin Square (Savannah, Georgia) buildings
Savannah Historic District
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