Lower Stoddard Range is a historic range of buildings in

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, United States. Located in Savannah's Historic District, the addresses of some of the properties are East Bay Street, above

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, while others solely utilize the former

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warehouses on River Street. As of February 2022, the businesses occupying the ground floor of the River Street elevation are: Boar's Head Grill & Tavern,

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, Gallery 209 and Christmas on the River. The building stands adjacent to Archibald Smith Stores, the two separated only by steps leading to and from River Street and Factors Walk. The building was constructed by 1858 by John Stoddard (1809–1879), on foundations that were previously the three lower tiers of the early-19th-century Harden (western portion of the range) and Howard Stores (eastern portion). Harden's property was known colloquially as Coffee House Wharf.

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Edgar L. Guerard and Edward L. Holcombe (1840–1875), formerly a major for the Confederates in the

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, were operating their general commission and shipping merchants enterprise from "5 Stoddard's Lower Range, Bay Street" in 1869. At number 7, meanwhile, Grantham Israel Taggart (1828–1905) was providing a similar service, under the name Taggart & Company, in addition to offering

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and

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coal. In 1898, during the

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, the signal corps had their command headquarters in the range.''Addresses Delivered Before the Confederate Veterans Association, of Savannah, Ga'', Confederate Veterans Association of Savannah, Georgia (1898), p. 28 The buildings that comprise ''Upper'' Stoddard Range are at 12–42 East Bay Street, to the west of the lower range.

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File:Building in Savannah 2021b.jpg, A section centered on 225 East Bay Street, viewed from River Street File:202-206 East Bay Street (201-205 East River Street) (1823).jpg, 201–205 East River Street, built circa 1823, with the Archibald Smith Stores on the right File:208-210-212-214 East Bay Street (207-209 East River Street) (1858).jpg, 207–209 East River Street File:Lower Stoddard Range (west).jpg, Above River Street and Factors Walk, 208 East Bay Street at the western end of the range File:Stoddard’s Lower Range, 220-230 East Bay Street.jpg, The rear of 220–230 East Bay Street around 1940

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lower Stoddard Range Commercial buildings in Savannah, Georgia Commercial buildings completed in 1858 Savannah Historic District

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