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1955, John Ahern and Martin Smith, builder; 2010 restoration and addition, Celestino Piralla and Cornelia Stumpf. 5507 Woodland Dr.

Designed to say the most with the least, a single deep overhanging and gently pitched front-facing gable is centered over the house’s entrance and extends to cover a picture window, a chimney, a screened porch just visible beyond a privacy wall, and a carport. A recent renovation restored the 1950s modernist core of the house, as well as adding office and library space and a pool, earning a preservation award from the Historic Savannah Foundation 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, "House", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-20.8.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 276-277.

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