Ephraim Scudder (March 17, 1819 – August 15, 1872)''Architecture of the Old South'', Mills Lane (1993), p. 161 was an American
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who was prominent in the second half of the 19th century. During his time in
Savannah, Georgia
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, he became one of the city's "most prolific and successful
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Westfield, New Jersey
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and Phebe Scudder, one of their eleven children.''Amos Scudder: A Yankee in Savannah'', Shelley Carroll,
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(1994)
Career
Scudder worked with his older brother,
John Scudder John Scudder may refer to:
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(1815–1869), for about twenty years.''Savannah in the Old South'', Walter J. Fraser (2005), p. 273 They formed their own practice, J. & E. Scudder, in Savannah.
Between 1847 and 1858, the brothers were owners and part-owners of the
Savannah–Ogeechee Canal
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, which was completed in 1830. More a passion of their father's, their interest in the canal waned after his death in 1856.
Selected notable works
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Scudder's Row
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, 1–9 East Gordon Street, Savannah (1853)''Historic Savannah'',
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In 1950, the four-story Wetter House on East Oglethorpe was demolished.Bryan County in the hopes of recuperating. He is buried in Savannah's Laurel Grove North Cemetery. His headstone reads "a beloved brother". His and John's sister, Caroline (1823–1884), is also buried in Laurel Grove North, alongside her husband, Milton Julius Buckner (1809–1875).