Houston Street is a prominent street in

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. Located between Price Street to the west and East Broad Street to the east, it runs for about from East

Bay Street Bay Street is a major thoroughfare in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the centre of Toronto's Financial District and is often used by metonymy to refer to Canada's financial services industry since succeeding Montreal's St. James Stree ...

in the north to East Liberty Street in the south. The street is named for prominent Georgian William Houstoun, whose portrait hangs in the rotunda of Savannah City Hall. It passes through the

Savannah Historic District Savannah Historic District may refer to: *Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia), a National Historic Landmark district in Georgia * Central of Georgia Railroad: Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities, Savannah, Georgia, a historic district ...

, a

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.James Dillon (1977) , National Park Service and Houston Street goes around four of Savannah's 22 squares. They are (from north to south): * Washington Square * Greene Square * Crawford Square *

Whitefield Square Whitefield Square is one of the Squares of Savannah, Georgia, 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the southernmost row of the city's five rows of squares, on Habersham Street (Savannah, Georgia), Habersham Street and ...

Notable buildings and structures

Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Houston Street, all in Savannah's Historic District. From north to south:Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011) *

601 East Bay Street The Brice is a historic building at 601 East Bay Street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. The building, which is in the Savannah Historic District (itself on the National Register of Historic Places), dates to 1860.Henry Cunningham House Henry may refer to: People * Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal ...

, 117–119 Houston Street (by 1810) *Second African Baptist Church, 123 Houston Street (1926) *

124 Houston Street 124 Houston Street is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Built by Isaiah Davenport, it is located in the northwestern trust lot of Greene Square and was built between 1814 and 1816.134–142 Houston Street (circa 1926) – formerly the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten *216–222 Houston Street (1910) *John Tucker Property, 224 Houston Street (1850)

References

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