The Thomas Gamble Building, formerly known as the Eugene Kelly Stores, Kelly's Block and Kelly's Building,"Savannah Archives: Millionaire Eugene Kelly financed 1877 construction of Gamble Building"
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'', December 26, 2021 is a historic building in

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, United States. Located in Savannah's Historic District, between

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to the east,

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to the south and the Hyatt Regency Savannah to the west, the addresses of some of the properties are East Bay Street, above

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, while Olympia Cafe occupies the former

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warehouses on the River Street elevation. The building was constructed in 1877, by W. G. Butler, replacing the 1869

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Stores, designed by Muller & Bruyn but which burned in 1876.Thomas Gamble Building
– City of Savannah Shortly after the fire, Kelly, a millionaire from New York, stated that he intended to rebuild, naming it "Kelly's Stores 2". To match the Bay Street frontage, the River Street façade was given a

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finish in 1883, under the supervision of Bernard Goode. Several prominent Savannah companies were located in Kelly's Block for many years, including the John Flannery Co., which moved into the building upon its rebuilding was completed in 1877. Purse Printing & Paper Co. occupied space in the property for over sixty years. After the death of Kelly in 1894, his family maintained the property until 1907, at which point it was sold to New York's Temple Court Company, owned by Eugene's son, Thomas Hughes Kelly. The Temple Court Company sold the rear half of Wharf Lot 9, which contained the structure of Kelly's Block. Thomas rented another part of the building to the City of Savannah, before selling the entire building to the city in June 1943. The building was renamed in 1945 for Thomas Gamble, Savannah's mayor between 1933 and 1937 and 1938 until his death in 1945.

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