Captions List for Savannah, GA Photos

Word index of all photos (without thumbnails) covering Savannah: travel attractions, architecturally-significant buildings, parks, monuments, museums.

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  • Savannah: Savannah City Hall on Bay St. seen from Bull St.
  • Savannah: Savannah City Hall (1901).
  • Savannah: Dome of Savannah City Hall.
  • Savannah: Dome of Savannah City Hall.
  • Savannah: Clock on Savannah City Hall.
  • Savannah: Lamp on Savannah City Hall.
  • Savannah: United States Custom House (1848-52).
  • Savannah: Granite columns of United States Custom House each weighing 15 tons brought from Quincy, ME.
  • Savannah: Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce building at Bay & Drayton Streets.
  • Savannah: Savannah Cotton Exchange (1886) (aka Freemasons Hall).
  • Savannah: Savannah Cotton Exchange building with winged-lion fountain surrounded by cast iron fence.
  • Savannah: Savannah Cotton Exchange.
  • Savannah: Winged-lion fountain before Savannah Cotton Exchange.
  • Savannah: Terracotta pediment & cupola of Savannah Cotton Exchange.
  • Savannah: Portal detail of Savannah Cotton Exchange.
  • Savannah: Terracotta details of Savannah Cotton Exchange.
  • Savannah: Savannah Cotton Exchange (1872) seal over door where this important commodity was traded.
  • Savannah: The Thomas Gamble Building on Factors Walk where cotton & other shipping commodities were traded.
  • Savannah: John Stoddard's Upper Range (1859) on Factors Walk.
  • Savannah: Buildings on Factors Walk where traders stood on bridges to survey cotton below.
  • Savannah: Buildings on Factors Walk.
  • Savannah: The First African Baptist Church (1859) on Franklin Square.
  • Savannah: The First African Baptist Church entrance.
  • Savannah: City Market buildings.
  • Savannah: Horse drawn caleches await riders in City Market.
  • Savannah: Horse drawn caleches await riders in City Market.
  • Savannah: Wagon full of flowers at City Market.
  • Savannah: Kress building near City Market.
  • Savannah: Savannah Bank Building (1911) (Bull & East Bryan Sts. on Johnson Square) (14 floors).
  • Savannah: Corner of Savannah Bank Building.
  • Savannah: Facade of Savannah Bank Building, Savannah's first skyscraper.
  • Savannah: Upper floor details of Savannah Bank Building.
  • Savannah: Obelisque monument to General Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War hero.
  • Savannah: Bronze relief of Revolutionary General Nathanael Greene, born Rhode Island 1742, died in Georgia 1786.
  • Savannah: Christ Episcopal Church on Johnson Square.
  • Savannah: Neoclassical marble bank now Bank of America on Johnson Square.
  • Savannah: Columns of neoclassical Bank of America on Johnson Square.
  • Savannah: Propes Hall (1895) (15 Drayton St. off Johnson Square) (former Citizens Bank, now a SCAD admin building).
  • Savannah: Pediment of Coastal Bank at West St Julian & Bull Sts. on Johnson Square.
  • Savannah: Ameribank aka BB&T building (1912) (32 Bull St.) (10 floors).
  • Savannah: Ameribank building converted from a hotel to offices.
  • Savannah: Italianate buildings off Johnson Square.
  • Savannah: Restored Lucas Theatre (1921) (32 Abercorn St.) hosts live & motion picture performances on Reynolds Square.
  • Savannah: Old Pirates House (1754) where seamen congregated. The house is associated with Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" (East Broad Street off Washington Square).
  • Savannah: White corner house near Washington Square (1899).
  • Savannah: Oglethorpe cottage (St Julian & Price Sts. off Warren Square).
  • Savannah: Brick house near Warren Square.
  • Savannah: Yellow house near Warren Square.
  • Savannah: Houses near Washington Square.
  • Savannah: Jepson Center for the Arts (2006) Auditorium Entrance part of Telfair Museum of Art on Telfair Square.
  • Savannah: Jepson Center for the Arts (2006) Gallery Entrance part of Telfair Museum of Art on Telfair Square.
  • Savannah: Facade detail of Jepson Center for the Arts / Telfair Museum of Art.
  • Savannah: Facade detail of Jepson Center for the Arts / Telfair Museum of Art.
  • Savannah: Facade detail of Jepson Center for the Arts / Telfair Museum of Art.
  • Savannah: Stairway of Telfair Museum of Art / Jepson Center for the Arts.
  • Savannah: Telfair Museum of Art old building (1818) with statuary.
  • Savannah: Statue of Raphael before Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences Museum.
  • Savannah: Statue of Michelangelo before Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences Museum.
  • Savannah: Modern building on Telfair Square with Post Office beyond.
  • Savannah: James Moore Wayne house (1819-21) (10 E. Oglethorpe Ave. near Wright Square) later Birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low.
  • Savannah: Entrance of Birthplace Museum of Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927).
  • Savannah: Scottish Memorial (1987) with St Andrew's cross.
  • Savannah: Independent Presbyterian Church (1891) between Wright & Chippewa Squares.
  • Savannah: Steeple of Independent Presbyterian Church where Woodrow Wilson was married.
  • Savannah: Pediment of Chatham Academy (1908) on Bull above Chippewa Square.
  • Savannah: Former Chatham County Courthouse (1889) now administrative center on Wright Square.
  • Savannah: Chatham County Courthouse sign.
  • Savannah: Clock tower detail of old Chatham County Courthouse.
  • Savannah: Arched portal of Chatham County Courthouse.
  • Savannah: Arched window & terra-cotta detail of Chatham County Courthouse.
  • Savannah: Lutheran Church of the Ascension (1843) on Wright Square.
  • Savannah: Lutheran Church of the Ascension spire.
  • Savannah: Monument (1883) to William Washington Gordon (1796-1842), founder of Georgia Central Railroad & Banking Company on Wright Square.
  • Savannah: Top of Monument to William Washington Gordon with winged iron rail wheels.
  • Savannah: Base of Monument to William Washington Gordon.
  • Savannah: Relief on Monument to William Washington Gordon shows train on viaduct with sailing ship.
  • Savannah: Tower of United States Post Office & Courthouse.
  • Savannah: U.S. Post Office (1895-9) on Wright Square.
  • Savannah: Tower & side of U.S. Post Office with various marble surfaces.
  • Savannah: Arched levels of U.S. Post Office.
  • Savannah: Arches of U.S. Post Office.
  • Savannah: Marble reliefs of winged griffins on U.S. Post Office.
  • Savannah: Details of marble mythical winged beasts on U.S. Post Office.
  • Savannah: Wachovia Bank (136 Bull St. on Wright Square).
  • Savannah: Carved marble portal of Wachovia Bank.
  • Savannah: Former Chatham County Courthouse tower & corner of Wachovia Bank on Wright Square.
  • Savannah: Owens-Thomas House (1816-9) (124 Abercorn St. on Oglethorpe Square) is a museum of the Telfair Academy.
  • Savannah: Cast iron side porch of Owens-Thomas House.
  • Savannah: Cast iron support details of side porch of Owens-Thomas House.
  • Savannah: Side & rear view of Owens-Thomas House.
  • Savannah: Carriage building of Owens-Thomas House.
  • Savannah: Cluskey Building (c1830) (127 Abercorn St. on Oglethorpe Square).
  • Savannah: Davenport House Museum (1815-20) (119 Habersham St. on Columbia Square) now a museum.
  • Savannah: Davenport House Museum.
  • Savannah: Front steps of Davenport House Museum.
  • Savannah: Garden of Davenport House Museum.
  • Savannah: Flowering fruit tree at Davenport House Museum.
  • Savannah: William Kehoe House inn (1892) on Columbia Square.
  • Savannah: Queen Anne features of Kehoe House made of cast iron & brick.
  • Savannah: Front entrance of Kehoe House on Columbia Square.
  • Savannah: Old wooden house (1799) (519 East York St. off Green Square).
  • Savannah: Harper-Fowlkes house headquarters of Georgia's Society of Cincinnati on Orleans Square.
  • Savannah: Carriage steps & hitching post in front of Harper-Fowlkes house.
  • Savannah: Houses on Bull St. above Madison Square.
  • Savannah: Gothic Storefront built as Henry Ford showroom (307 Bull St.).
  • Savannah: Monument to Savannah founder James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785) who founded Savannah on Feb. 12, 1733, by sculptor Daniel Chester French in Chippewa Square.
  • Savannah: Detail of Oglethorpe statue which faces south to symbolize the defense against Spanish Florida.
  • Savannah: Lion with shield on the base of Oglethorpe Monument by artist Daniel Chester French & architect Henry Bacon.
  • Savannah: Murphy house (c1820) on Chippewa Square.
  • Savannah: Dr. James Johnson Waring house (1831) on Chippewa Square.
  • Savannah: Cast Iron dolphin rainspout on Dr. James Johnson Waring house on Chippewa Square.
  • Savannah: Stoddard-Cooper house (1854) (19 West Perry St. off Chippewa Square).
  • Savannah: Cast iron balcony with flowers on West Perry St. off Chippewa Square.
  • Savannah: Moses Eastman House (1844) (17 W. McDonough on Chippewa Square).
  • Savannah: Round porch of Moses Eastman House on Chippewa Square.
  • Savannah: Moses Eastman House main entrance off Chippewa Square.
  • Savannah: First Baptist Church (1833 with modifications to front in 1922).
  • Savannah: Roley House Inn & buildings on West Hull St.
  • Savannah: Roley House Inn (14 West Hull St. on Chippewa Square).
  • Savannah: 206 & 208 E. Liberty St.
  • Savannah: John E. Hernandez house (1869-70) (206 E. Liberty St.).
  • Savannah: Sarah Frierson house (1868) (210 E. Liberty St.).
  • Savannah: Laurence Connel house (1852) (212 E. Liberty St.).
  • Savannah: Iron-work porch rail of Laurence Connel house.
  • Savannah: George Willett house (1850) (214 E. Liberty St.).
  • Savannah: 224 E. Liberty St.
  • Savannah: East Liberty Street houses.
  • Savannah: Bella Rose house (510 E. Liberty St.).
  • Savannah: Three story Italianate house (512 E. Liberty St.).
  • Savannah: John F. Lubs house (1896) now a SCAD campus building.
  • Savannah: Row of houses (402 E. Liberty St. & up).
  • Savannah: Fenced pillar tomb under Spanish moss Colonial Park Burying Ground.
  • Savannah: Brick tomb in Colonial Park Burying Ground.
  • Savannah: Grave marker with urn in Colonial Park Burying Ground.
  • Savannah: Augusta Marta tombstone died 1820 age 25 in Colonial Park Burying Ground.
  • Savannah: 1817 tombstone of James Barrie in Colonial Park Burying Ground.
  • Savannah: Pine tree in Colonial Park Burying Ground.
  • Savannah: Habersham Hall (1887) (235 Habersham St.) now a SCAD campus building.
  • Savannah: Habersham Hall, once served as the Chatham County jail.
  • Savannah: Habersham Hall onion-shaped dome overlooks Colonial Park.
  • Savannah: Green-Meldrim Mansion on Madison Square.
  • Savannah: Green-Meldrim Mansion served as Civil War General Tecumseh Sherman's Headquarters (Dec. 22, 1864 - Feb. 1, 1865) for the occupation of Savannah.
  • Savannah: St John's Episcopal Church (1850) on Madison Square.
  • Savannah: Old Sorrel-Weed House (1840) on Madison Square.
  • Savannah: Porch of Old Sorrel-Weed House.
  • Savannah: Scottish Rite Temple (1901) (Bull & Charlton Sts. on Madison Square).
  • Savannah: Portal of Scottish Rite Temple.
  • Savannah: Upper story decorations of Scottish Rite Temple.
  • Savannah: Poetter Hall (1892) (342 Bull St. on Madison Square) (former Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory, now a SCAD campus building).
  • Savannah: Cathedral of St John the Baptist (1872-6 then 1898-1900) on Lafayette Square.
  • Savannah: Cathedral of St John the Baptist against sky.
  • Savannah: Spires of Cathedral of St John the Baptist.
  • Savannah: Interior of Cathedral of St John the Baptist.
  • Savannah: Ceiling of Cathedral of St John the Baptist.
  • Savannah: St Patrick stained glass window in Cathedral of St John the Baptist.
  • Savannah: St Michael slaying dragon stained glass window in Cathedral of St John the Baptist.
  • Savannah: St Patrick's Day procession at Cathedral of St John the Baptist.
  • Savannah: Fountain at center of Lafayette Square.
  • Savannah: Andrew Low House (1849) (329 Abercorn St. on Lafayette Square) adulthood home of Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low now a museum.
  • Savannah: Front door of Andrew Low House welcomed guests like Robert E. Lee & William Makepeace Thackeray.
  • Savannah: Lion in front of Andrew Low House.
  • Savannah: Wrought iron veranda of Andrew Low House.
  • Hamilton-Turner House (1873) (330 Abercorn St.
  • Savannah: Hamilton-Turner House built for jeweler & city mayor, Samuel Pugh Hamilton.
  • Savannah: Short story author Mary Flannery O'Conner (1925-64) childhood home (207 East Charlton St. on Lafayette Square).
  • Savannah: Monument (1854) to Revolutionary War hero General Casimir Pulaski by Robert Eberhard Launitz.
  • Savannah: Statue of Liberty atop Pulaski Monument in Monterey Square.
  • Savannah: Relief shows Revolutionary War hero General Casimir Pulaski, a Pole who died on his horse in defense of Savannah.
  • Savannah: Carved eagle on General Casimir Pulaski monument.
  • Savannah: Mickve Israel Synagogue on Monterey Square (1878) for a congregation which arrived 1733.
  • Savannah: Facade of Mickve Israel Synagogue.
  • Savannah: Hugh M. Comer House (c1880) (at Bull & Taylor on Monterey Square) where former Confederate President Jefferson Davis stayed in 1886.
  • Savannah: William Hunter House (1872) (Taylor St. on Monterey Square).
  • Savannah: William Hunter House garden porches.
  • Savannah: 12 East Taylor St. off Monterey Square.
  • Savannah: Entry of 12 East Taylor St.
  • Savannah: Mirror Houses (425 & 423 Bull St. on Monterey Square) built for sisters who squabbled over everything.
  • Savannah: General Hugh W. Mercer House (1860-68) (Mercer Williams Museum) (429 Bull St. on Monterey Square).
  • Savannah: House with wrought iron at 7 West Gordon on Monterey Square.
  • Savannah: Wesley Monumental Methodist Church on Calhoun Square.
  • Savannah: William Rogers house (1859) (202 East Taylor St. on Calhoun Square).
  • Savannah: William Rogers house (1859) (202 East Taylor St. on Calhoun Square).
  • Savannah: Abraham Minis house (1860) (204 East Jones St. above Calhoun Square).
  • Savannah: Front iron railings of Abraham Minis house.
  • Savannah: Modern gate with Magnolia theme by East Wayne Iron Works above Calhoun Square.
  • Savannah: House off Calhoun Square.
  • Savannah: House on Abercorn below Calhoun Square.
  • Savannah: Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park was modeled after the one on Paris's Place de la Concorde.
  • Savannah: Upper level of Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park.
  • Savannah: Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park.
  • Savannah: George Ferguson Armstrong mansion (443-451 Bull St. on Forsyth Park) now Armstrong Atlantic State University.
  • Savannah: Georgia Historical Society (Hodgson Hall) (1874-5) (501 Whitaker St. on Forsyth Park) built as memorial to scholar William Brown Hodgson.
  • Savannah: Magnolia Hall (1878) (507 Whitaker St. on Forsyth Park).
  • Savannah: Mansion on Whitaker St. opposite Forsyth Park).
  • Savannah: 605 Whitaker St. on Forsyth Park.
  • Savannah: Forsyth Park Inn (c1893) (102 West Hall at Whitaker St. on Forsyth Park).
  • Savannah: Joseph B. Chesnutt house (1897) (Whitaker at West Hall Sts. on Forsyth Park).
  • Savannah: Hurn Museum of Folk Art (1015 Whitaker St. on Forsyth Park).
  • Savannah: Telfair Hospital for women on Forsyth Park.
  • Savannah: Painted lady Italianate house at Drayton St. & East Park Ave. on Forsyth Park.
  • Savannah: Mansion on Forsyth Park at Drayton & East Hall Sts.
  • Savannah: Flowering fruit tree.
  • Savannah: Azalea flower.
  • Savannah: Spanish moss.
  • Savannah: Camellia flower.
  • Savannah: Camellia flower.
  • Savannah: White Camellia flowers on shrub.
  • Savannah: Azalea hedge.
  • Savannah: Spanish moss.
  • Savannah: Savannah History Museum (303 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) in former Central Georgia rail station.
  • Savannah: Mural in former Central Georgia Railroad station features the Great Savannah Exposition.
  • Savannah: Central Georgia aluminum dining car serves as restaurant at Savannah History Museum.
  • Savannah: Cowcatcher of 1890 Baldwin locomotive at Savannah History Museum.
  • Savannah: 1890 Baldwin locomotive at Savannah History Museum.
  • Savannah: Scale to weigh cotton bale at Savannah History Museum.
  • Savannah: Victoria carriage owned by General William Washington Gordon II (son of Georgia Central RR founder) & then by his daughter Juliette Gordon Low (founder of Girl Scouts) at Savannah History Museum.
  • Savannah: Crestmobile (1902) by Crest Manuf. Co, Cambridgeport, MA, (only 16 survive) at Savannah History Museum.
  • Savannah: Model of Civil War ironclad CSS Georgia (1862) at Savannah History Museum.
  • Savannah: Alternative guess at model of Civil War ironclad CSS Georgia at Savannah History Museum.
  • Savannah: Informal house dresses (c1856) at Savannah History Museum.
  • Savannah: Dental office outfitted in 1919-20 & used until dentist died in 1980 with only the addition of an X-ray machine in 1931 at Savannah History Museum.
  • Savannah: World War I era dental instruments used until 1980 at Savannah History Museum.
  • Savannah: Talmadge Memorial Bridge (US 17) (1991) over Savannah River & port facilities (length 1.9mi. / 3km).
  • Savannah: Cable-stays of Talmadge Memorial Bridge.
  • Savannah: Cable-stays of Talmadge Memorial Bridge.
  • Savannah: Cables of Talmadge Memorial Bridge.
  • Savannah: Talmadge Memorial Bridge main span (1100 ft. / 335m long & 185 ft. / 56.4m high).
  • Savannah: Talmadge Memorial Bridge from riverfront park.
  • Savannah: Convention Center & Westin Savannah Harbor Resort from Factors Walk.
  • Savannah: Convention Center (1999) & Westin Savannah Harbor Resort (1999) (16 floors) above Savannah River.
  • Savannah: Savannah International Trade & Convention Center (1999).
  • Savannah: Ferry Juliette Gordon Low shuttles across Savannah River between Convention Center from Factors Walk.
  • Savannah: Ferry Juliette Gordon Low in front of Savannah Convention Center.
  • Savannah: Georgia Queen & Savannah River Queen tour boats.
  • Savannah: Savannah River Queen decorated like steam river boats of bygone era.
  • Savannah: Georgia Queen tourist boat & Savannah River Bridge.
  • Savannah: Georgia Queen & Savannah River Queen tour boats.
  • Savannah: Savannah River Queen stacks.
  • Savannah: Savannah River scene.
  • Savannah: Tug boats on Savannah River.
  • Savannah: Bulk freighter loads at conveyor belt beside Savannah River harbor facilities.
  • Savannah: Tug boats on Savannah River.
  • Savannah: Statue of Savannah's Waving Girl Florence Martus (1869-1943).
  • Savannah: Statue of Savannah's Waving Girl who greeted ships passing in & out of harbor.
  • Savannah: Olympic Torch Cauldron for 1996 Yachting events with copper flame now replacing real flame.
  • Savannah: River Street cotton warehouses now converted to shopping & pedestrian mall along Savannah River.
  • Savannah: Balconies & strollers along River Street.
  • Savannah: Lamp which once served as beacon for ships in Emmet park on bluff above Savannah River.
  • Savannah: Old Fort James Jackson served in War of 1812 & for Confederacy's Savannah River defense in Civil War.
  • Savannah: Brick entrance gate of Old Fort Jackson.
  • Savannah: Barracks courtyard of Old Fort Jackson.
  • Savannah: Display of uniforms used at Old Fort Jackson.
  • Savannah: Old bottles & artifacts dug up at Old Fort Jackson.
  • Fort Pulaski Monument (1829-mid 40s) on Cockspur Island was named for Revolutionary War hero General Casimir Pulaski, & was partly engineered by Robert E. Lee. It was site of an important Civil War engagement.
  • Moat of Fort Pulaski.
  • Main gate & star pattern flag at Fort Pulaski Monument.
  • Cannons at Fort Pulaski Monument.
  • Interior of walls of Fort Pulaski Monument.
  • Arcades & interior grounds of Fort Pulaski Monument.
  • Defense gun emplacements of Fort Pulaski Monument.
  • Confederate Brooke Rifle with range of five miles & shell weighing 64 pounds was cast in Richmond, VA, is now at Fort Pulaski Monument.
  • View from Fort Pulaski to mouth of Savannah River which it defended.
  • Officers quarters as furnished for Civil War era at Fort Pulaski Monument.
  • 19th C soldiers beds at Fort Pulaski Monument.
  • Dinner tables for troops at Fort Pulaski Monument.
  • Commandant's quarters with commandeered four-poster bed as per post-Civil War occupation at Fort Pulaski.
  • Tybee Island Lighthouse (1773 base & 1866) (154 ft tall).
  • Top of Tybee Island Lighthouse used as observation post during Civil War.
  • Tybee Island Light Station keeper's cottage (1881).
  • Tybee Island Light Station summer kitchen (1812).
  • Battery Garland (1899) of Fort Screven, now Tybee Island Museum.
  • Beach at Tybee Island.
  • Beach at Tybee Island.
  • Savannah: Roundhouse Railroad Museum (601 W. Harris St.) with antebellum repair facilities, roundhouse & turntable plus 125-foot-tall brick smokestack.
  • Savannah: Turntable at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: Rolling stock at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: Central of Georgia steam locomotive #8 (1886) at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: Nose of Central of Georgia steam locomotive #8 at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: Small yard engine using Caterpillar engine at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: Atlantic Steel steam locomotive #1 yard goat at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: Atlantic Steel steam locomotive #1 at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: Savannah & Atlanta diesel locomotive #2715 at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: Savannah & Atlanta diesel locomotive #2715 at Roundhouse Railroad Museum & turntable.
  • Savannah: Central of Georgia parlor car (1925), converted to office car (1950), at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: Parlor cars at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: W-5 Trolley from Melbourne Australia at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: 125-foot-tall brick smokestack at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: Water tanks at base of smokestack captured waste heat to provide workers with washing facilities in cubicles preserved at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
  • Savannah: Smokestack through arch at Roundhouse Railroad Museum.
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