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1891, Alfred S. Eichberg. 12–14 W. Jones St.

Built for Morris Sternberg, a Savannah jeweler, Eichberg’s elaborate and eclectic Queen Anne interpretation of the Savannah elevated double house shows what could be done to modernize and monumentalize the building type at the end of the nineteenth century; see 10 W. Jones Street (1857, attributed to John S. Norris) by way of comparison. His most creative touch was in adapting the scrolling forms of a Flemish gable to the symmetrical exterior staircases. The front porch was modified in 1920, and the carriage houses behind the house date to 1847.

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, "Houses", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-8.12.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 145-145.

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