Gordon Row (also known as Gordon Block)
– GoSouth Savannah is a historic

row house In architecture and city planning, a terrace or terraced house (British English, UK) or townhouse (American English, US) is a form of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the 16th century, whereby a row of attached dwellings party ...

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. The largest single row house in Savannah, it comprises fifteen homes (or "units") located between 101 and 129 West

Gordon Street Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, ...

in the southeastern residential block of Chatham Square. Completed in 1854, it is a contributing property of the Savannah Historic District, itself on the

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, as are its standing carriage houses to the rear.Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 63 The row occupies the entire block between

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on the west and Whitaker Street on the east and sits directly opposite Chatham Square to Quantock Row on Taylor Street. The properties were built between 1853 and 1855 for prospective use as renter-occupied houses in the city's blossoming market. After falling into disrepair, the properties were renovated in the mid-20th century by 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.Scudder's Row Scudder's Row (possibly Scudders Row) is a historic row house in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It comprises the five homes from 1 to 9 East Gordon Street (Savannah, Georgia), Gordon Street, in the southeastern Squares of Savannah, Georgia, res ...

, the two Quantock Rows (of Taylor Street and

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William Remshart Row House The William Remshart Row House is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It comprises the four properties between 102 and 111 West Jones Street (Savannah, Georgia), Jones Street, and was completed in 1853. It is a contributing pr ...

, McDonough Row and Marshall Row.

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