The Thomas Gibbons Range is a building in
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. Now comprising eight properties, it is located on West Congress Street, in the southeastern
civic block of
Ellis Square in Savannah's
City Market. Built in 1820, it is the oldest building on the square,
[Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District]
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 7 and the oldest operating commercial building in Savannah.
[The Gibbons Range Building]
– Sorry Charlie's official website It is part 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 ...
, and was built, towards the end of his life, for
Thomas Gibbons (1757–1826), a planter, politician, lawyer, steamboat owner and the plaintiff in ''
Gibbons vs. Ogden''. The building was erected by his son William.
Gibbons had owned the lot since 1809.
[
In 1943, Frank C. Mathews purchased the property at number 116, where he established Mathews Seafood. The following year, he purchased the adjacent number 114, and a local signmaker was commissioned to make a neon fish sign for the restaurant now known as Sorry Charlie's Oyster Bar. The sign became a popular landmark, and the ]Historic Savannah Foundation
Historic Savannah Foundation is a preservation organization founded in 1955 and based in Savannah, Georgia, United States.
In 1950, the four-story Wetter House on East Oglethorpe was demolished.[Paula Deen
Paula Ann Hiers Deen (born January 19, 1947) is an American chef, cookbook author, and TV personality. Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant and Paula Deen's Creek House with her sons, Jamie a ...]
, has occupied number 102, at the Whitaker Street end of the building, since 1996."The History of The Lady & Sons"
– The Lady & Sons official website
Gallery
File:106-108-110-112-114-116 West Congress Street (1820).jpg, The corner of West Congress Street and Barnard Street in 2012
File:Sorry Charlie's Oyster Bar, Barnard St, Savannah GA 20160705 1.jpg, Looking back at Sorry Charlie's in 2016
File:102-104 West Congress Street (1820).jpg, Brickwork detail
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 ...
References
Commercial buildings completed in 1820
Ellis Square (Savannah) buildings
Savannah Historic District
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