1903, Gottfried L. Norrman. 513 Whitaker St.
One of the most exuberant residences in Savannah, this house was built for McNeil, president of the Savannah Lighting Company. Architect Norrman employed the muscular forms of Beaux-Arts classicism more typical of public buildings, with a colossal Corinthian colonnade whose circular form contrasts with the cubic mass to the north. Here generous arches, baroque terra-cotta details, and iron balconies enliven the design. The row of houses (1883–1897) facing Forsyth Park in the two blocks to the south at 601–711 Whitaker Street is a veritable textbook of prevailing residential styles during the late nineteenth century—Italianate, Queen Anne, and Second Empire.