Scudder's Row (possibly Scudders Row) is a historic

row house In architecture and city planning, a terrace or terraced house (British English, UK) or townhouse (American English, US) is a form of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the 16th century, whereby a row of attached dwellings party ...

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 comprises the five homes from 1 to 9 East

Gordon Street Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, ...

, in the southeastern residential block of

Monterey Square Monterey Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the southernmost row of the city's five rows of squares, on Bull Street and Wayne Street, and was laid out in 1847. It is south of Madison Square, wes ...

, and was completed in 1853. 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 * Central of Georgia Railroad: Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities, Savannah, Georgia, a historic district ...

, itself on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

.Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 66 The properties were built between 1852 and 1853 by brothers

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

and Ephraim Scudder.''Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series''
- Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011), p. 329 John Scudder also built several of the homes on Savannah's

Jones Street Jones Street is a street located in Greenwich Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs from Bleecker Street and West 4th Street. Jones Street is often confused with Great Jones Street in NoHo, located a little more than a ...

, which has been described as one of the most charming streets in America. Other similar-style row houses exist in Savannah's

Gordon Row Gordon Row (also known as Gordon Block)
– GoSouth Savannah is a historic ro ...

, the Jones Street Quantock Row, 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.

Gallery

File:Scudder's Row.jpg, Scudder's Row viewed from Monterey Square File:9 East Gordon Street.jpg, 9 East Gordon Street File:7 East Gordon Street.jpg, 7 East Gordon Street File:5 East Gordon Street.jpg, 5 East Gordon Street File:3 East Gordon Street.jpg, 3 East Gordon Street File:1 East Gordon Street.jpg, 1 East Gordon Street File:Scudder's Row, Built by John and Ephraim Scudder, 1853.jpg, 5 East Gordon Street, facade detail File:Ca 1853.jpg, 3 East Gordon Street, facade detail

Gallery

References

See also