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View Article - Sorrel Weed House
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Sorrel Weed House

Sitting right on Madison Square is one of Savannah’s most treasured historic houses. Though the city is abound with haunted houses, the old Sorrel Weed House is one of the crowd favorites.It’s made cameos in movies and television, from Forr ...

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View Article - The Haunts at Madison Square
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The Haunts at Madison Square

During the Revolutionary War, two major battles were fought in Savannah. Both were equally bloody, and the area around what would become Madison Square saw heavy casualties. It’s even rumored that the area was the burial site for the dead soldiers ...

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View Article - Bradley’s Lock and Key
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Bradley’s Lock and Key

The building at 24 E. State Street is home to one of the oldest locksmith shops in the country. Bradley’s Lock and Key has been in business since 1883, and it’s been a cornerstone in Savannah ever since. The shop hasn’t changed much since it o ...

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View Article - The Olde Pink House
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The Olde Pink House

Today, the Olde Pink House is one of Savannah’s many taverns, but for over three hundred years, the bright pink mansion was known as the Habersham House. Sitting on Abercorn Street right on Reynolds Square, the house was built by the influential H ...

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View Article - The Old Harbor Inn Savannah
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The Old Harbor Inn Savannah

River Street is the place to be in Savannah. Shops, restaurants, and boutiques line the old cobblestone streets. But if we go back a few hundred years, we’ll see a very different scene. African slaves were shuffled into the stone tunnels to be sol ...

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View Article - Haunted Houses on Columbia Square
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Haunted Houses on Columbia Square

James Oglethorpe had a master plan for the city, the Oglethorpe Plan, which included a street grid, green spaces, and urban gardens. For the most part, city builders stuck with it, and today, Savannah owes some of its charm to the layout. The city h ...

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View Article - The Willink House
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The Willink House

The Willink House is something of an outlier. It’s not a large extravagant mansion. There’s no ornate architecture. The small, white cottage looks more at home in Cape Cod than the Deep South. Yet, this cute little house packs some interesting s ...

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View Article - The Davenport House
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The Davenport House

The Davenport House is one of the most important sites in Savannah’s historic district. It was one of the first houses in the city to be restored and, at one time, served as the headquarters for the Historic Savannah Foundation.The house was ...

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View Article - Owens Thomas House & Slave Quarters
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Owens Thomas House & Slave Quarters

The Owens Thomas House on Oglethorpe Square is a microcosm of the history and core values of Savannah. From the English-inspired architecture to hosting a family of slave traders, nowhere else can you get a better picture of the two realities of wea ...

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View Article - The Andrew Low House
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The Andrew Low House

Copyright by US Ghost AdventuresThe Andrew Low House sits on 329 Abercorn St. and was built by Scottish immigrant Andrew Low in 1850. Andrew arrived from Scotland in the late 1820s and got to work as an apprentice for his uncle’s cotton factor ...

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