Scudder's Row
{{Short description|Historic row house in Savannah, Georgia, United States}}
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| location = Monterey Square, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
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Scudder's Row (possibly Scudders Row) is a historic row house in Savannah, Georgia, United States.Historic Savannah, Historic Savannah Foundation (1968), p. 38 It comprises the five homes from 1 to 9 East Gordon Street, in the southeastern residential block of Monterey Square, and was completed in 1853. It is a contributing property of the Savannah Historic District, itself on the National Register of Historic Places.[https://www.thempc.org/docs/lit/hist/maps/supplement.pdf Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District] – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 66
The properties were built between 1852 and 1853 by brothers John and Ephraim Scudder.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Pl1aavDFhPUC&dq=Augustus+Bonaud+savannah+georgia&pg=PA289 Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series] - Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011), p. 329 John Scudder also built several of the homes on Savannah's Jones Street, which has been described as one of the most charming streets in America.{{cite web |url = https://gosouthsavannah.com/historic-district-and-city/jones-street.html |title = Jones Street, Savannah, Ga |work = GoSouthSavannah |access-date = March 21, 2021 }}{{cite news |url = https://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-charming-streets-in-america#nowhere-is-the-southern-essence-of-savannah-georgia-more-on-show-than-on-jones-street-5 |title = The most charming streets in America |work = Business Insider |date = October 16, 2019 |first = Darcy |last = Schild |access-date = March 21, 2021 }}
Other similar-style row houses exist in Savannah's Gordon Row, the Jones Street Quantock Row, the Chatham Square Quantock Row, William Remshart Row House, McDonough Row and Marshall Row.
Gallery
File:Scudder's Row.jpg|Scudder's Row viewed from Monterey Square
File:9 East Gordon Street.jpg|No.9
File:7 East Gordon Street.jpg|No.7
File:5 East Gordon Street.jpg|No.5
File:3 East Gordon Street.jpg|No.3
File:1 East Gordon Street.jpg|No.1
File:Scudder's Row, Built by John and Ephraim Scudder, 1853.jpg|No.5, facade detail
File:Ca 1853.jpg|No.3, facade detail
See also
- 11 East Jones Street, Savannah
- 15 East Jones Street, Savannah
- Buildings in Savannah Historic District
References
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Category:Landmarks in Savannah, Georgia
Category:Houses in Savannah, Georgia
Category:Houses completed in 1853
Category:Monterey Square (Savannah, Georgia) buildings
Category:Savannah Historic District
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