The Eppinger House is a building located at 110 East

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, United States. It is believed to be the oldest intact brick structure in

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, dating to or before 1776.''Georgia: A Guide to its Towns and Countryside'' (1940) In a survey for

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found the building to be of significant status. Originally two storeys, built by John Eppinger Sr., its upper level was added in 1876. The building was known as Eppinger's Inn, owned by a son of John Eppinger, in its early life, and was a popular meeting place for Colonial statesmen. Revolutionary patriots closed it due to the owner's

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support. In January 1784, after the British had left Savannah, the

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held its first meeting in the second-floor Long Room. It later became the home of

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brigadier general

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. File:110 East Oglethorpe Ave., Savannah, Georgia - DPLA - 70b8b452a87e816ae16fdce675d4a1cf.jpg, Pictured in 1929

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"General Lachlan McIntosh House, 110 East Oglethorpe, Savannah, Chatham County, GA"
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