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Gordon Block

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1853. 101–129 W. Gordon St.

With fifteen identical units creating an urban wall along an entire three-hundred-foot-long tything, the Gordon Block (see page 47) could be seen as the quintessential Savannah elevated town house development. Each house is three stories above a fully raised basement and has an identical carriage house behind a service yard. Large sandstone lintels over the doors and windows contrast with the light-colored stucco surface of their facades. Each has a curved sandstone staircase with a cast-iron railing leading to the elevated main entrance, adding a lyrical note to their impressively repetitive effect.

Writing Credits

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

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Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Gordon Block", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-8.45.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 166-166.

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