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Bryson Hall (T. A. Bryson Automobile Garage)

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1904. 5 E. Perry St.

Thomas Archer Bryson commissioned this substantial Romanesque Revival-influenced brick structure in 1904 as a Packard Motor Car Company showroom and parking garage, and it remains the oldest such showroom in the South. As is evident from surviving curbstones that curve towards the entrance, automobiles were driven into the three-story unheated garage through the central ground-floor arch. The garage had a concrete floor and a capacity of seventy-five cars, and lettering of the surviving original copper signage reflects the influence of Art Nouveau. The building is currently used as an event space, but retains parking in the basement, accessed from the lane via a ramp.

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, "Bryson Hall (T. A. Bryson Automobile Garage)", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-6.8.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 107-107.

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