Antebellum House Tours Savannah

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Antebellum house tours savannah. Built as a beautiful regency style mansion in 1819 the owens thomas house along with its adjacent gardens carriage house and slave quarters allows visitors to explore the complicated relationships between the most and least powerful people in the city of savannah in the early 19th century. There are many beautiful antebellum mansions in savannah georgia but the sorrel weed house which was the first house in georgia to be designated as a state landmark in 1953 may be the most beautiful of all. If you re planning on exploring savannah s historic district book this hop on hop off trolley tour in advance and leave transportation to someone els read more 1 hour 40 minutes. On march 9 th 1963 the first floor of the house was restored and opened to the public as a museum.

Guided tours of the house are available tuesday thursday friday 10am 4pm and saturday 10am 1pm last tour 30 minutes before closing. The davenport house. To limit the spread of the coronavirus attractions may be closed or have partial closures. Sapelo island is a well kept secret off the coast of georgia about an hour from savannah.

230 barnard street on orleans square in historic downtown savannah ga open for tours mon. A donation of 10 for adults and 5 for children is requested. Please consult government travel advisories before booking. More information can be found here.

Amongst savannah s most popular historic houses is the green meldrim house on the west side of madison square. The house is owned by the society of the cincinnati in the state of georgia and was donated by early preservationist alida harper fowlkes. Throughout its 50 years as a historic site the davenport house museum has treated visitors to intriguing and vivid experiences centered on a legendary savannah centric tale of courage and determination. Years later the second and third floors were opened as well and the entire house was open for viewing.

Now owned and administered by the state the reynolds mansion on sapelo dates back to the antebellum plantation era when it was home to thomas spalding a wealthy future georgia senator who grew and harvested cotton rice and sugar cane on the island.