Jefferson Street is a prominent street in
Savannah, Georgia
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, United States. Located between
Montgomery Street
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to the west and
Barnard Street
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to the east, it runs for about from West
Bay Street
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in the north to West 42nd Street in the south. Its course was interrupted by around (between West Oglethorpe Avenue and West Liberty Street) by the construction of the
Savannah Civic Center
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in 1974. The street is named for
Thomas Jefferson
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, third
president of the United States
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. Its northern section passes through the
Savannah Historic District Savannah Historic District may refer to:
*Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia), a National Historic Landmark district in Georgia
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, a
National Historic Landmark District
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.
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Jefferson Street runs beside six squares. From north to south:
;To the west of:
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Ellis Square
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Telfair Square
*
Orleans Square
*
Pulaski Square
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Chatham Square
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;To the east of:
*
Franklin Square
Notable buildings and structures
![Anna Keilbach Building](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Anna_Keilbach_Building.jpg)
Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Jefferson 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)
*George Wymberly Jones DeRenne (Estate of) Property, 1 Jefferson Street (1893)
*109–111 Jefferson Street (1909)
*Anna Keilbach Building (north), 113–115 Jefferson Street (1883)
*Anna Keilbach Building (south), 117–119 Jefferson Street (1883)
*Julia Dancy Range, 134–142 Jefferson Street (1884)
*St. Philip Monumental AME Church, 1112 Jefferson Street (1911)
References
{{Streets of Savannah
Roads in Savannah, Georgia
Streets in Georgia (U.S. state)