The Bulloch–Habersham House (originally the Archibald Bulloch House) was a mansion in
Savannah, Georgia
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, United States. Completed in 1820, to a design by noted architect
William Jay, it stood at the corner of
Barnard Street
Barnard Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia
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and
West Perry Street,
in the southwestern
trust lot of
Orleans Square, until its demolition in 1916. It was replaced by what is now
Savannah Civic Center
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.
[Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District]
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah
Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011) Historian
John D. Duncan described the building's demise as "one of the worst cases of metropolitan malfeasance to be documented in an era when the preservation movement was just beginning to gain attention."
In 1819, during the building's construction, Jay was fined $30 for obstructing Barnard Street.
Originally the home of Archibald Stobo Bulloch Jr. (whose
father
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was Georgia's first non-royal head of state), the home contained several pieces of furniture by New York City cabinetmaker
Charles-Honoré Lannuier
Charles-Honoré Lannuier, French cabinetmaker (1779–1819), lived and worked in New York City. In Lannuier's time, the style of his furniture was described as "French Antique." Today, his work is classified primarily as Federal furniture, Neocla ...
.
Savannah's great fire of 1820 decimated Bulloch's fortune, and he was forced to sell his family's home to John Morel and David Leion. Morel and Leion converted the mansion into a boarding house. In 1834, it was purchased by Robert Habersham, a Savannah merchant and
planter
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Common meanings
* A flowerpot or box for plants
** ''Jardiniere'', one such type of pot, mostly indoor types
** Cachepot, another term for the same
** Flower box, another type of planter, mostly for outdoors
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After Habersham's death in 1870, it passed to his son, William Neyle Habersham. The home was maintained by Habersham's heirs until 1905, six years after William's death. In 1915, it was purchased by the City of Savannah, shortly after which it was demolished.
, in Atlanta, Georgia, was designed to replicate the home. It was completed in 1923.
References
Houses in Savannah, Georgia
Houses completed in 1820
Orleans Square buildings
Demolished buildings and structures in Georgia (U.S. state)
Habersham family
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