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词条 Isaiah Davenport House
释义

  1. Architectural style

  2. History

  3. Museum

  4. Footnotes

  5. External links

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|caption =
|location = 324 East State Street, Savannah, Georgia
|area =
|built = 1820
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|architect= Isaiah Davenport
|architecture= Federal, Other
|added = September 22, 1972[1]
|governing_body = Local
|refnum = 72000374
| partof = Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia)
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The Isaiah Davenport house is a historic home in Savannah, Georgia, United States, built in 1820. It has been operated as a historic house museum by the Historic Savannah Foundation since 1963.

The house is located at 324 East State Street, on the northwest corner of Columbia Square.[2]

Architectural style

The Federal-style dwelling neared completion in 1820 and first appeared on the tax rolls 1821. Master builder Isaiah Davenport, a native of New England, designed and built the home as a dwelling for his growing household as well as a demonstration of his building skills.

History

The 1820 Federal-style dwelling was built by upwardly mobile artisan Isaiah Davenport and his crew for his growing household, which included his wife, ten children, and nine slaves.[3] It was his family home until his death in 1827 when his wife, Sarah Clark Davenport, converted it into a boarding house. She lived in the residence on Columbia Square until 1840 when she sold it to the Baynard family of South Carolina. The house remained in their hands for the next 109 years. As time passed, the once stately home in a fashionable neighborhood became a rundown rooming house in a seedy part of town. Even in an advanced state of neglect, New Deal surveyors recognized the architectural significance of the home when they identified and measured it for the Historic American Buildings Survey in the 1930s. Threatened with demolition in 1955, a group of community-spirited citizens joined forces to purchase the Davenport House. This was the first act of the Historic Savannah Foundation, which has gone on to save hundreds buildings in the historic city through its renowned revolving loan fund and other historic preservation activities. In 1955, the Davenport House became the office for Historic Savannah Foundation as well as a family services agency. Sensing the potential for an historic site, the first floor of the house was restored and opened to the public as a museum on March 9, 1963. Years later the second and third floors were opened and Historic Savannah Foundation moved its offices to another building. Beginning in the mid-1980s leaders of the museum began an effort to adhere to professional museum standards. In the mid-1990s the museum began a re-restoration process, which resulted in a more authentic experience for museum visitors, including period wallpaper and period room furnishings which reflect the inventory taken at the time of Isaiah Davenport’s death in 1827.

Museum

The Davenport House was first opened as a museum in 1963. In 2005, The Davenport House Museum received the Preserve America Presidential Award.[4] In 2010 it received the Georgia Governor's Award in the Humanities.

Footnotes

1. ^{{NRISref|2007a}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.davenporthousemuseum.org/tour/directions/ |title=Directions |website=Davenport House Museum |publisher=Historic Savannah Foundation |accessdate=May 2, 2014}}
3. ^http://scarysavannah.com/isaiah-davenport-house
4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.achp.gov/news-PApresaward05.html#davenport |title=President and Mrs. Bush Present the 2005 Preserve America Presidential Awards |date=May 2, 2005 |website=ACHP News |publisher=Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |accessdate=May 2, 2014}}

External links

  • {{Official website |1=http://www.davenporthousemuseum.org/}}
  • {{HABS |survey=GA-14-8 |id=ga0031 |title=Isaiah Davenport House, 324 East State Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA |photos=11 |dwgs=6 |data=7 |cap=1}}
  • {{Commons category-inline|Isaiah Davenport House}}
{{Registered Historic Places}}

6 : Houses completed in 1820|Landmarks in Savannah, Georgia|Museums in Savannah, Georgia|Historic house museums in Georgia (U.S. state)|Historic American Buildings Survey in Georgia (U.S. state)|Houses in Savannah, Georgia

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