Quantock Row is a historic
row house
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in
Savannah, Georgia
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, United States. It comprises five units from 17 to 31 East
Jones Street, and was completed in 1854.
[''Sholes' Directory of the City of Savannah'', Volume 5 (1883)] It is a contributing property of the
Savannah Historic District Savannah Historic District may refer to:
*Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia), a National Historic Landmark district in Georgia
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, itself on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
[Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District]
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 63 The row partly fills the block between
Bull Street to the west and Drayton Street to the east.
The properties were built for Allen William Quantock by
John Scudder John Scudder may refer to:
* John Scudder (builder) (1815–1869), American builder
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* John ...
. They were sold to Henry Meinhard in 1862 who, in turn, sold them to Gerard and Sarah Treanor.
[''Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series'']
- Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011)
Other similar-style row houses exist in Savannah's
Scudder's Row
Scudder's Row (possibly Scudders Row) is a historic row house in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It comprises the five homes from 1 to 9 East Gordon Street (Savannah, Georgia), Gordon Street, in the southeastern Squares of Savannah, Georgia, res ...
,
Gordon Row
Gordon Row (also known as Gordon Block)
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, the
Chatham Square Quantock Row,
William Remshart Row House
The William Remshart Row House is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It comprises the four properties between 102 and 111 West Jones Street (Savannah, Georgia), Jones Street, and was completed in 1853. It is a contributing pr ...
, McDonough Row and Marshall Row.
[Chatham Square]
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Gallery
File:17 East Jones Street.jpg, 17 East Jones
File:19 East Jones Street.jpg, 19 East Jones
File:21 East Jones Street.jpg, 21 East Jones
File:27 East Jones Street.jpg, 27 East Jones
File:31 East Jones Street.jpg, 31 East Jones
File:17-31 East Jones Street.jpg, All five properties
References
See also
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Buildings in Savannah Historic District
The Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia), Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S. Historic districts in the United States, historic district that roughly corresponds to the city limits of Savannah, Georgia, prior to the American ...
Houses in Savannah, Georgia
Houses completed in 1854
Savannah Historic District
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