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Gingerbread House (Cord Asendorf House)

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1899. 1921 Bull St.

Built by the Hawley Construction Company at the peak of development occurring west of Bull Street, this two-story side-hall gabled house features a front and side double gallery. An example of Steamboat Gothic, it boasts Savannah’s most elaborate wooden latticework and fretwork, as well as extended eaves and cornice brackets. A similar use of arched lattice frames in an overall simpler design can be found nearby at 1312–1314 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, which dates before 1898, with its double gallery added in 1916.

Writing Credits

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

Bull Street Public Library (Savannah Public Library)
Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church
Dulany Industries Headquarters (Sexton Hall Mortuary Home; House)
The Georgia Infirmary
Boyz II Men Barber Shop (The Bankers Health and Life Insurance Company)

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Gingerbread House (Cord Asendorf House)", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-12.2.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 207-208.

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