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Frogtown Lofts

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2008, Lominack Kolman Smith Architects. 545–555 Berrien St.

The area south of Jones Street to the present I-16 entrance ramp was known historically as Frogtown, so named from the sound of croaking frogs in the low-lying area. This housing development is part of a larger effort to revitalize the area west of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The design employs exposed concrete and glass in a starkly modern manner well suited to the industrial traditions of the area, but softened by sections of stained wood. The north side exemplifies a modern interpretation of Savannah elevated town houses with the characteristic raised stoops, while the east end reflects the architects’ inspiration from the Dessau Bauhaus. The project sensitively incorporated and restored the 1940s modernist Central of Georgia Switching Station. To the southwest, behind Savannah Station, stand two small historic colonial Jewish cemeteries, each enclosed by a stone wall. The Sheftall Family Cemetery was established in 1773 by Levi Sheftall and the Jewish Burial Ground in 1773 by Mordecai Sheftall.

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Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Frogtown Lofts", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-7.3.

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Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 133-133.

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