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1892. 402–410 E. Huntingdon St.

Exuberant eclecticism is a hallmark of Victorian design. Here, bands of red and tan brick form multiple projecting bays and frame Italianate round-arched windows with exaggerated granite keystones. Wide eaves braced by paired serpentine brackets support a lively skyline of boldly projecting gables and pedimented dormers. Below, polylobed and Tudor Gothic arches rest on elaborately turned columns that frame the porch and its quatrefoil-punctuated railing. Ironically, this grandiose ensemble is five traditional row houses in a symmetrical composition, erected by McMillan Brothers, developers of speculative real estate, including 302–304 E. Huntingdon St. (10.21) and 318–320 E. Huntingdon St.

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-02-10.22.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 193-193.

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