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provided period appropriate designs and planting plans for the garden. Tours of the house are given during the day, and the church uses it for wedding receptions and after-church events. At this time, none of the original furniture is on display at the house.
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purchased the property and lived in it a number of decades. In 1943, his heirs sold the house to
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The Entrance Hall in 1864, when it was being used as General Sherman's Headquarters. A sketch by
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The house was designed and built in 1853 at a cost of $ 93,000 by the architect
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is a historic house at 14 West Macon Street, on the northwest corner of
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occupied the house and used it as a headquarters until the end of the
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National Archives and Records Administration (November 16, 2010).
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The Green–Meldrim House is located on the west side of
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Green-Meldrim House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Green–Meldrim House is located in Georgia
Green–Meldrim House is located in the United States
Madison Square
32°4′26″N 81°5′41″W / 32.07389°N 81.09472°W / 32.07389; -81.09472
John S. Norris
Gothic Revival
Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia)
ID66000277
74000664
Madison Square
Savannah, Georgia
National Historic Landmark
American South
Gothic Revival architecture
St. John's Episcopal Church
Madison Square
West Harris
Bull Streets
Whitaker Street
Gothic Revival
South

William Waud
John Norris
Julien Green
Gen.

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