The John Montmollin Warehouse (also known as the John Montmollin Building) is a building 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 on
Barnard Street
Barnard Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located between Jefferson Street to the west and Whitaker Street to the east, it runs for about from West Bay Street in the north to West 52nd Street in the south. ...
in the northwestern
civic block of
Ellis Square, in Savannah's
City Market. It was constructed in 1855, 35 years after the first building on the square, the
Thomas Gibbons Range
The Thomas Gibbons Range is a building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Now comprising eight properties, it is located on West Congress Street, in the southeastern civic block of Ellis Square in Savannah's City Market. Built in 1820, it is ...
.
[Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District]
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 7
Owned by
John S. Montmollin, between the mid-1850s and 1864 the building was used to trade
African American slave
The legal institution of human Slavery#Chattel slavery, chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of List of ethnic groups of Africa, Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States, United States of America ...
s,
['']Savannah Morning News
The ''Savannah Morning News'' is a daily newspaper in Savannah, Georgia. It is published by Gannett. The motto of the paper is "Light of the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry". The paper serves Savannah, its metropolitan area, and parts of South Ca ...
'', April 16, 1856 even after president
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
signed the
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the Civil War. The Proclamation changed the legal sta ...
. They were held there until their fate became known. The building's third floor was owned by Alexander Bryan, who later took over the whole of the premises after Montmollin's death in June 1859.
[The Montmolling Building]
– Clio.com The building was liberated by U.S. troops in the course of
General Sherman's "
March to the Sea" in November and December 1864.
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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 ...
* List of buildings and structures used in the slave trade in the United States
References
External links
Letter by John Montmollin, Savannah, Georgia, to Ziba Oakes, February 17, 1857
– American Ancestors
Commercial buildings completed in 1855
Ellis Square (Savannah) buildings
History of slavery in Georgia (U.S. state)
Savannah Historic District
Slave pens
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