The Spencer–Woodbridge House (also known as the George Basil Spencer House) is a home in

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, United States. It is located in the northeastern civic block of Warren Square and was built in 1790, making it the oldest building on the square and one of the oldest in Savannah overall.Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011) It is part of the

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, and was built for George Basil Spencer, though he died in February 1791. It also became the homes of William H. Spencer (believed to have built the house) until 1817 and William Woodbridge, who bought it from Spencer.Spencer-Woodbridge House (Savannah, Ga.)
– Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library,

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It remained in the Woodbridge family until 1911.''Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series''
- Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011), p. 86 The home is a four-storey wood-frame building with a brick addition at the rear. It has a single-storey porch along the rear of the house and a single-bay Doric entrance porch on Habersham Street. The building was saved by the revolving fund of the

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found the building to be of significant status. It was restored by Mills B. Lane IV in 1993."Spanning the Gap with Names"
– The Beehive Foundation, September 18, 2017''The National Trust Guide to Savannah'', Roulhac Toledano (1997), p. 89 In 2021, the property was listed with

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for $2.8 million."Turn-Key 1790 Spencer Woodbridge House Asks $2.8M in Savannah, Georgia"
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A photograph of the house in 1934
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Spencer-Woodbridge House Houses in Savannah, Georgia Houses completed in 1790 Warren Square (Savannah) buildings Savannah Historic District

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