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Planters Inn
Planters Inn is a hotel in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It occupies the building at 29 Abercorn Street which was constructed in 1913.Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 11 It stands in the Squares of Savannah, Georgia, southwestern trust/civic block of Reynolds Square (Savannah, Georgia), Reynolds Square, adjoining the Oliver Sturges House, which pre-dates it by exactly a century, being one of two houses originally on the plot. Formerly the John Wesley Hotel, Planters Inn was established in 1984. The inn has sixty rooms, and is in close proximity to the Olde Pink House restaurant. Planters Inn is owned by the Charlestowne Hotels group. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abercorn Street
Abercorn Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located between Drayton Street to the west and Lincoln Street to the east, it runs for about from East Bay Street (Savannah, Georgia), Bay Street in the north to Georgia State Route 204, Harry S. Truman Parkway (State Route 204) in the south. It is concurrent with SR 204 from 37th Street south. The street is named for James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, a financial benefactor of the Province of Georgia, Georgia colony. Its northern section passes through the Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia), Savannah Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.James Dillon (1977) , National Park Service and On the northern side of Bay Street, the Abercorn Street Ramp leads down through Factors Walk to River Street (Savannah, Georgia), River Street at the Savannah River. Abercorn Street goes around four of Squares of Savannah, Georgia, Savannah's 22 squares. They are (from north to south): ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and 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 Britain, British British America, colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War, Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's Georgia (U.S. state)#Major cities, fifth-most-populous city, with a 2024 estimated population of 148,808. The Savannah metropolitan area, Georgia's List of metropolitan areas in Georgia (U.S. state), third-largest, had an estimated population of 431,589 in 2024. Savannah attracts millions of visitors each year to its cobblestone streets, parks, and notable historic buildings. These include the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squares Of Savannah, Georgia
The city of Savannah, Georgia, Savannah, Province of Georgia, was laid out in 1733, in what was Thirteen Colonies, colonial America, around four open squares, each surrounded by four residential ("tithing") blocks and four civic ("trust") blocks. The layout of a square and eight surrounding blocks was known as a "ward." The original plan (now known as the The Oglethorpe Plan, Oglethorpe Plan) was part of a larger regional plan that included gardens, farms, and "outlying villages." Once the four wards were developed in the mid-1730s, two additional wards were laid. Oglethorpe's agrarian balance was abandoned after the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America, Georgia Trustee period. The first four squares created were Johnson Square (Savannah, Georgia), Johnson, Wright Square (Savannah, Georgia), Percival (now named Wright Square), Ellis Square (Savannah, Georgia), Decker (now named Ellis Square) and Telfair Square (Savannah, Georgia), St. James (now na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reynolds Square (Savannah, Georgia)
Reynolds Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the northernmost row of the city's five rows of squares, on Abercorn Street and East St. Julian Street. It is east of Johnson Square, west of Warren Square and north of Oglethorpe Square. The oldest building on the square is The Olde Pink House (originally Habersham House), which dates to 1771. Originally called Lower New Square (due to its being the first one laid out, in 1734, after the original four), it was later renamed for Captain John Reynolds, governor of Georgia in the mid-1750s. Reynolds was, in fact, an unpopular governor, and it is said that the celebration held upon his arrival in the colony was rivaled only by that held upon his departure.Chan Sieg (1984). ''The squares: an introduction to Savannah''. Virginia Beach: Donning. The square contains a bronze statue, by Marshall Daugherty, honoring John Wesley, founder of Methodism. Wesley spent most of his life in Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Sturges House
The Oliver Sturges House is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States, built in 1813.Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 11 It is located in the southwestern trust block of Reynolds Square, and it was placed on the |
Olde Pink House
The Olde Pink House (also known as The Pink House and, formerly, Habersham House) is a restaurant and tavern in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located on Abercorn Street, in the northwestern trust lot of Reynolds Square, the building dates from 1771. It is bounded by East Bryan Street to the north, Abercorn Street to the east and East Saint Julian Street to the south. One of its key features is a Palladian window above the portico. The property sits directly across East Saint Julian Street from the Oliver Sturges House, which was constructed 24 years later. History 18th century The building, constructed in 1789, was originally known as Habersham House, after its owner James Habersham, Jr., one of Savannah's most important early cotton factors and founding-family members. Habersham lived there until his death in 1799. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Today
''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in New York City. Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features. As of 2023, ''USA Today'' has the fifth largest print circulation in the United States, with 132,640 print subscribers. It has two million digital subscribers, the fourth-largest online circulation of any U.S. newspaper. ''USA Today'' is distributed in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an international edition is distributed in Asia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Historic Houses And Buildings In Savannah, Georgia
This is a list of historic houses and buildings in Savannah, Georgia, that have their own articles or are on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). ;Houses * Owens–Thomas House (NRHP and National Landmark) * Isaiah Davenport House (NRHP) * Oliver Sturges House (NHRP) * William Scarbrough House (NRHP and National Landmark) * Green–Meldrim House (NRHP and National Landmark) * Telfair Academy (NRHP) ; Other buildings * Atlantic Greyhound Bus Terminal (NRHP) * Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed (NRHP and National Landmark) * Central of Georgia Railway Company Shop Property (NRHP) * Georgia State Railroad Museum (NRHP) * Charity Hospital (NRHP) * Tomochichi Federal Building and United States Courthouse (NRHP) * First Bryan Baptist Church (NRHP) * Hill Hall (Savannah State College) (NRHP) * W. B. Hodgson Hall (NRHP) * St. Philip African Methodist Episcopal Church (NRHP) ; Historic districts * Juliette Gordon Low Historic District (NRHP and National H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotels In Savannah, Georgia
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator, and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a television, and en-suite bathrooms. Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, a business center with computers, printers, and other office equipment, childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa, and social function services. Hotel rooms are usually numbered (or named in some smaller hotels and B&Bs) to allow guests to identify their room. Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In Japan, capsul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
