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Lindsay and Morgan Building

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1921; 2005–2007 renovation and restoration, Gunn Meyerhoff Shay Architects. 9 W. York St.

Erected on the site of a colonial burying ground, this commercial building is unusual in Savannah in exhibiting the influence of the Chicago School, with its clear articulation of the structural frame clad in brick and large windows filling most of the areas in between. It preserves prismatic glass along the top of the first-floor windows and in the sidewalk. Decorative patterning with lighter brick at the top and extension of the piers above the roofline would become typical of Art Deco later in the 1920s. The building’s most remarkable feature is its projecting display pavilion supported on large brackets but appearing to hover above the door. The building was converted by Bloomquist Construction into lofts as part of restoration and renovation work completed in 2007, with individual tenant build-outs finished in 2011.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Lindsay and Morgan Building", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-2.33.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 58-58.

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