Oglethorpe Avenue is a prominent street in

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, United States. Located, in its downtown section, between

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to the north and Hull Street to the south, it runs for about from the Atlantic Coastal Highway (

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) in the west to Randolph Street in the east. It was originally known as South Broad Street, then Market Street. After being named South Broad Street again for a period, it became known as Oglethorpe Avenue in 1897. It was formerly Oglethorpe Avenue singular, but its addresses are now split between "West Oglethorpe Avenue" and "East Oglethorpe Avenue", the transition occurring at Bull Street in the center of the downtown area. The street is named for the founder of the Savannah colony,

James Edward Oglethorpe James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 – 30 June 1785) was a British soldier, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist, as well as the founder of the colony of Georgia in what was then British America. As a social reformer, he hoped to re ...

. The street is entirely within

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, a

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.James Dillon (1977) , National Park Service and It contains what is believed to be the two oldest extant buildings in the city: Eppinger House and the Christian Camphor Cottage. Oglethorpe Avenue runs between eight squares. From west to east: ;To the south of * Telfair Square *

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* Columbia Square * Greene Square ;To the north of * Orleans Square *

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* Crawford Square The street also forms the northern boundary of

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. A memorial in the median of Oglethorpe Avenue at Bull Street lists the twenty people known to be interred in a Jewish cemetery, today known as

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, which formerly stood there. It includes Abraham Minis, one of Savannah's early immigrants from Europe.

Notable buildings and structures

Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Oglethorpe Avenue, all in Savannah's Historic District. From west to east:Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011) ;West Oglethorpe Avenue *Downtowner Motor Inn, 201 West Oglethorpe Avenue (1964) *Samuel Bryant House, 123 West Oglethorpe Avenue (1820; moved from across the street in the 1980s) *Thomas Gardner–Jacob Henry Duplex, 115–117 West Oglethorpe Avenue (1820) *101 West Oglethorpe Avenue (1923) *Samuel White Property, 14–18 West Oglethorpe Avenue (1899) *12 West Oglethorpe Avenue (1898) *Anderson–Leslee House, 4 West Oglethorpe Avenue (1836) The Wetter House formerly stood at 425 West Oglethorpe. It was demolished in 1950. ;East Oglethorpe Avenue John Rowland Property (east)

Wayne–Gordon House Juliette Gordon Low Historic District consists of three buildings—the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace (also known as Wayne-Gordon House, First Girl Scout Headquarters, which was the carriage house for the Andrew Low House, converted for use by ...

, 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1820; on the

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) *George Anderson House, 14 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1853) *William Williams House, 18 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1826) *John Hunter Duplex, 101–105 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1822) *Thomas Clark–Matthew Lufburrow Duplex, 107–109 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1822) *Eppinger House, 110 East Oglethorpe Avenue (circa 1776; possibly the oldest intact brick structure in the city) *Anna Buntz House, 111 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1883) *Marmaduke Hamilton Property, 112–114 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1872) *John Haupt House, 113 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1819) *John and Marmaduke Hamilton Property, 116 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1869) *Savannah Fire Department, 121 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1937) *Christian Camphor Cottage, 122 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1760–1767; possibly the oldest surviving building in the city) *John Rowland Property (west), 124–126 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1895) *John Rowland Property (east), 132 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1872) *Henry Dickerson Row, 204–216 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1874) *William Rahn House (Dr. Charlton House), 220–222 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1853) *William Duncan House, 224 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1883) *Oscar Dibble House, 228 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1855) *Mary Marshall Row, 230–244 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1856) *John Ruwe Duplex, 310–312 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1875) *Thomas Rodman Property, 314 East Oglethorpe Avenue (by 1809) *William Spencer House, 322 East Oglethorpe Avenue (by 1809) *City Police Barracks, 323 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1870) *506–508 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1890) *510–512 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1890) *514 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1891) *John McAuliffe (Estate of) Property, 552 East Oglethorpe Avenue (1892)

References

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