The James Mills House is a home 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. It is located in the southeastern
tything block of
Oglethorpe Square Oglethorpe may refer to:
People
*Oglethorpe (surname)
Places
* Bramham cum Oglethorpe, West Yorkshire, England
* Brookhaven/Oglethorpe (MARTA station), a passenger rail station located in the Brookhaven neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia
* Mount Ogl ...
and was built in 1855.
[Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District]
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah
Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011) It is part of 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 ...
,
[ and was built for James G. Mills,][ a commission merchant and factor. As of 1860, his office was at 200 Bay Street.
]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 o ...]
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 o ...
(1979)
It is a detached sidehall townhouse, as is its neighbor to the west at 201–203 East York Street. It has a piazza
A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true geometric square, used for community gatherings. ...
on its eastern side.['']The National Trust
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Guide to Savannah'', Roulhac Toledano (1997), p. 82
See also
*Buildings in Savannah Historic District
The Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S. historic district that roughly corresponds to the city limits of Savannah, Georgia, prior to the American Civil War. The area was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966,James Dil ...
References
Houses in Savannah, Georgia
Houses completed in 1855
Oglethorpe Square (Savannah) buildings
Savannah Historic District
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