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Kiah Hall, SCAD (Gray Building, Central of Georgia Railroad)

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c. 1851–1856; 1992, 1999, and 2002 renovations; 2013 restoration. 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

The Gray Building with its columned portico supporting a classical pediment—now SCAD’s Kiah Hall—was described as Roman Doric (unusual in lacking bases) when it was constructed as the Central’s administrative headquarters. The completion date is recorded in the painted central coffer above the entrance. The heavily altered interior retains Italianate fireplaces that recall its original corporate opulence. J. T. Turner Construction oversaw the thorough restoration in 2013. Between the two buildings is a stairway descending to the SCAD Museum of Art. The landscaped courtyard beside the museum was originally the Dooley Freight Yard with rail spurs accessing the adjacent up-freight and down-freight warehouses.

Writing Credits

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

Eichberg Hall, SCAD (Red Building, Central of Georgia Railroad)
SCAD Museum of Art (Up-Freight Warehouse, Central of Georgia Railroad)
Elbert Square
Savannah Visitors Center (Central of Georgia Passenger Depot)
Savannah Civic Center

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Kiah Hall, SCAD (Gray Building, Central of Georgia Railroad)", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-7.1.3.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 124-124.

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