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Eichberg Hall, SCAD (Red Building, Central of Georgia Railroad)

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1887, Fay and Eichberg; 1901, 1905 additions; 1988, 2003 renovations. 229 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

The Red Building, now SCAD’s Eichberg Hall (acquired in 1988), housed the Central of Georgia’s engineering department. The eclectic design incorporates a blend of classical elements with a variety of materials, including the rusticated granite foundation beneath the smooth, pressed-brick facade with terra-cotta accents, and the inset columns. The building was lengthened by fifteen bays in 1901. The interior is mostly large open-framed studios suitable for large-scale drafting, with abundant lighting from the large windows that are crowned by squares of colored glass. A two-story fireproof vault was added to the north side in 1905 to preserve the plans and drawings created here. The exterior iron shutters can be seen from the SCAD courtyard.

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, "Eichberg Hall, SCAD (Red Building, Central of Georgia Railroad)", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-7.1.2.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 123-124.

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