The Mary Marshall Houses is a duplex 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 in the southwestern civic block of

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and was built in the 1840sHistoric Building Map: Savannah Historic District
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011) as rental property for Mary Marshall. It is part of the

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. A structure on the same lot, but which faced onto East President Street, is visible in

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photographs taken in the mid-20th century. This building was later demolished, after which the rears of today's duplex were extended. In a survey for the

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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) In 1964, Walter C. Hartridge wrote: "This trust lot, which is bounded by Abercorn and Drayton Streets, contains two buildings that are among the finest structures of the

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period in the United States.Building Data Sheet
Historic Savannah Inventory, Anson Ward, card number 22 Hartridge also stated, incorrectly, that the property was designed by Charles B. Cluskey, although he could have been responsible for its early form that was later expanded upon.

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File:EAST FRONT AND NORTH SIDE - Mary Marshall Houses, 127-129 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA HABS GA,26-SAV,74-2.tif File:127-129_Abercorn_Street_(1).jpg File:WEST REAR AND SOUTH SIDE - Mary Marshall Houses, 127-129 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA HABS GA,26-SAV,74-3.tif File:SOUTH FRONT AND EAST SIDE - Mary Marshall Houses, Carriage House, 127-129 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA HABS GA,26-SAV,74A-1.tif File:NORTH FRONT AND EAST SIDE - Mary Marshall Houses, Carriage House, 127-129 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA HABS GA,26-SAV,74A-2.tif

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Houses in Savannah, Georgia Houses completed in the 19th century Oglethorpe Square (Savannah) buildings Savannah Historic District {{GeorgiaUS-struct-stub

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