The Susannah Clarke Cottage is a historic building in
Savannah, Georgia
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, United States. It is located at 517 East
York Street
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, in the southwestern corner of
Greene Square
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, in 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 ...
. It was built for Susannah R. Clarke at some point between 1801 and 1808.
['']The National Trust
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Guide to Savannah'', Roulhac Toledano (1997), p. 97
Historian and preservationist
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 ...
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) It is also listed in
The National Trust
The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and ...
's ''Guide to Savannah'', which notes that it was one of many Savannah houses built low to the ground "with a rustic add-on porch or front gallery."
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See also
*Buildings in Savannah Historic District
The Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S. historic district that roughly corresponds to the city limits of Savannah, Georgia, prior to the American Civil War. The area was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966,James Dil ...
References
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Houses in Savannah, Georgia
Houses completed in 1808
Greene Square (Savannah) buildings
Savannah Historic District