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Mansion on Forsyth Park (Lewis Kayton House)

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1888, Alfred S. Eichberg; 2003–2005 addition, Design Reese Architects and Associates. 700 Drayton Street

The 17,500-square-foot Kayton House was one of the grandest private residences in the vicinity of Forsyth Park. Kayton made his fortune through his business, Herman and Kayton, a large meat-packing company located just east of the city. Eichberg’s exuberant Queen Anne design includes picturesque massing, a prominent corner turret, curving Flemish gables, ornamental terra-cotta panels, and elliptical arches. From 1953 until 2001, this building served as the principal facility of Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors (established 1882). Many of the house’s features were emulated in somewhat simplified form, but with more than triple the frontage along Drayton, in the hotel developed by Savannah native Richard Kessler.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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What's Nearby

Forsyth Park (Forsyth Place)
Forsyth Fountain
Confederate Soldiers Memorial
House
Commercial Building (Independent Life Insurance Company)

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Mansion on Forsyth Park (Lewis Kayton House)", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-10.18.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 190-190.

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