The Joe Odom 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 at 16 East Jones Street and was constructed in 1847.Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011) The building is part of the

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, and in a survey for the

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found the building to be of significant status. Built for

Eliza Ann Jewett Eliza Ann Jewett (March 1779 – October 30, 1856) was an American real-estate investor. Several properties in Savannah, Georgia, where she was based, are now named for her. Her most active years were during the mid-19th century, when she was bey ...

, it later become the home of

Joe Odom Joseph Edward Odom (born December 14, 1979, in Alton, Illinois) is a former NFL linebacker. He was selected in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft with the 191st overall pick by the Chicago Bears out of Purdue University. On August 23, 2006, ...

.''Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series''
- Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011), p. 288 Odom, an attorney-turned-musician was featured in the

John Berendt John Berendt (born December 5, 1939) is an American author, known for writing the best-selling non-fiction book ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'', which was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Biography Ber ...

non-fiction novel ''

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'' is a non-fiction novel by John Berendt. The book, Berendt's first, was published in 1994 and follows the story of an antiques dealer on trial for the murder of a male prostitute. Subtitled ''A Savannah S ...

'', although he died three years before the book's 1994 release."MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF FACT AND FICTION"
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'', December 29, 1996 A block south of

Madison Square Madison Square is a public square formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for Founding Father James Madison, fourth President of the United States. ...

, this and 18 East Jones are two of the earliest constructions on the street.

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Houses in Savannah, Georgia Houses completed in 1845 Savannah Historic District {{GeorgiaUS-struct-stub

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