Museums, Buildings,
and other
Historical Locations



307-309 BULL STREET
1897 Neo-Gothic revival design Businesses Saints and Shamrocks & Profiles located inside

ANDREW LOW MUSEUM
329 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA  31401
Designed for cotton broker Andrew Low in 1848
Open Mon.-Sat.10:30-4
Closed Thurs.& Sun. 12-4
912-233-6854

BATTERSBY-HARTRIDGE-ANDERSON HOUSE
119 E. Charlton Street, Lafayette Square
Savannah, GA 31401
An 1852 brick residence, atypical for Savannah

CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
222 East Harris Street, Lafayette Square
Savannah, GA 31401
Oldest Roman Catholic Church in Georgia

CHAMPION-MCALPIN-FOWLKES HOUSE
Designed by Charles Blaney CluskeyOriginal owner hid gold coins in garden well

CHRIST CHURCH
28 Bull Street
Savannah, GA 31401
“Mother Church of Georgia”
First Sunday school & English hymnal
Ministered by Rev. John Wesley & Rev. George Whitefield
912-232-4131

FLANNERY O'CONNOR HOUSE
207 E. Charlton St.
Savannah, GA
Features restored birthplace museum and O'Connor memorabilia
Open Sat & Sunday, 1-4 $2.
912-233-6014

GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
501 Whitaker Street
Savannah, GA
Repository of Georgia’s history. 
Extensive selection of books, microfilm, files, and artifacts. 
Open Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.  912-651-2128

GREEN-MELDRIM HOUSE
14 West Macon St., Madison Square
Savannah, GA
Gothic-style architecture; General Sherman established his headquarters here
Open Tues., Thurs., Fri., & Sat. 10-4
912-233-3845

HAMILTON-TURNER MANSION
330 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA

Built in 1873 for Samuel P.Hamilton
Example of Second French Empire styles of architecture in the United States.
Referred to in John Berendt's  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
912-233-4800

HISTORIC RAILROAD SHOPS
West Harris Street next to Visitor's Center.
Savannah, GA
19th Century railroad and manufacturing facility
National Historic Landmark
912-651-6834.

ISAIAH DAVENPORT HOUSE MUSEUM   
324 East State Street
Savannah, GA
Example of Federal architecture; fueled restoration effort in 1954. 
Open Mon.-Sat. 10-4:30
912-927-0900

JEPSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
207 West York Street
Savannah, GA Features sculpture gardens, auditorium and museum store.

JULIETTE GORDON LOW BIRTHPLACE
10 East Oglethorpe Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Birthplace Girl Scouts founder; restored and furnished to depict the1880's.
Open Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat.  10:30-5:30
Sunday 12:30-4:30
Closed Wednesdays
Admission is $5 adults,  $4 students ages 6-18.
912-233-4501

KING-TISDELL COTTAGE
502 E. Harris Street
Savannah GA 31401
Restored 1896 Victorian Cottage; honors black heritage
Admission charged.
Open Tue - Fri. 1-4:30
Sat 1-4
912-234-8000

LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
Bull Street on Write Square
Savannah, GA 31401
An 1879 Parish designed by George B. Clarke
Noted for stain glass windows.

MASONIC TEMPLE
341 Bull Street, Madison Square
Savannah, GA
Scottish Rite Temple
Bookstore & restaurant inside

MARY MARSHALL ROW
230-244 East Oglethorpe Ave.
Savannah, GA Restored by Historic Preservationists
Conrad Aiken residence in early 1960’s

MASSIE HERITAGE INTERPRETATION CENTER
207 East Gordon Street
Savannah, GA
Exhibits of city & plan of Savannah; Greek, Roman and Victorian architecture.
Open Mon.-Fri. 9-4
$2 adults /.50 seniors & students
912-651-7022

THE MERCER WILLIAMS HOUSE MUSEUM

429 Bull Street

Savannah, GA

877-430-6352


MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR FORCE MUSEUM

175 Bourne Avenue

Pooler, GA

912-748-8888



OLD FORT JACKSON
1 Fort Jackson Road
Savannah, GA 31404
Oldest remaining fort in Georgia
912-232-3945



OWENS-THOMAS HOUSE

124 Abercorn Street

Savannah, GA

Regency architecture by William Jay; formal English-style garden.

Open Sun. 2-5 p.m., Mon. Noon - 5 p.m., Tues.-Sat. 10-5 p.m. 
Admission is $7 adults, $3 students, $2 ages 6-12, $6 seniors, and under 6 free. 

912-233-9743. 



OWENS-THOMAS HOUSE CARRIAGE HOUSE 
URBAN SLAVE QUARTERS 
Displays The Acacia Collection of African-Americana

Furniture, pottery, textiles and other items created by African-Americans 
912- 233-9743. 


RALPH MARK GILBERT CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM 
460 Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Savannah, GA 
Ciivil rights artifacts & interactive displays

Projects about the heart of Savannah's black community. 

912-231-8900


RIVER STREET TRAIN MUSEUM 
315 West River Street

Savannah, GA

Open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m,  Mon. to Sat. and 1-5:30 p.m.on Sun.

Admission is $1.50 adults, 50 cents ages 5-12, and children under 5 free. 

912-233-6175


ROUNDHOUSE RAILROAD MUSEUM

901 West Harris Street

Savannah, GA
Antebellum railroad manufacturing and repair facility.

912-651-6823


SAVANNAH HISTORY MUSEUM

 

SEABROOK VILLAGE 

African-American living-history museum. 
Restored turn-of-the-century buildings

104-acre rural setting, gift shop and alternating exhibits.  Interactive group tours by reservation.

Open Tues.-Sat., 10-4.


SORREL-WEED HOUSE

Private Residence with Shop

6 West Harris Street

Savannah, GA

Example of Greek Revival design by Charles Blaney Cluskey

 

TELFAIR MUSEUM

121 Barnard at Telfair Square

Savannah, GA 31401

Oldest museum in the South; designed by noted architect William Jay.

Opened as art museum & school in 1886 

Original building, Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences, and Owens-Thomas House.
912-790-8800

 

TEMPLE MICKVE ISREAL

20 East Gordon Street

Savannah,GA 31401

1878 Gothic design; 3rd oldest Jewish congregation in the nation

912-233-1547

 

SAVANNAH COTTON EXCHANGE

100 East Bay Street

Savannah, GA  31401

1886 Romanesque design by William Gibbons Preston


Savannah Volunteer Guards Army

Madison Square

Savannah, GA

1893 Romanesque red brick and molded terra cotta

Designed by William Gibbons; first building owned by SCAD


SHIPS OF THE SEA MUSEUM 41 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Savannah, GA 31401

Located inside Scarbrough House; 1819 design by William Jay


U.S. CUSTOMS HOUSE

1-5 East Bay Street

Savannah, GA 31401

A Greek Revival design by John Norris



WORMSLOE HISTORIC SITE
7601 Skidaway Road 
Remains of a house built between 1739 and 1745 by colonist Noble Jones
Special events and historic re-enactments 
353-3023


FORT PULASKI
U.S. Highway 80 East
Tybee Island, GA 31328
1847 Fort that fell to Union Troops in Civil War.
5600 acres of nature trails, picnic spots, and marsh views
8:30-5 daily; $2 per person

UGA MARINE EXTENSION AQUARIUM
30 Ocean Circle, Skidaway Island
Public aquarium, museum & exhibits,
bookstore, picnic area, nature trails.
$1 adult admission; children under 5 free
Open Mon-Fri, 9-4; Sat 12-5

TYBEE MARINE SCIENCE CTR
14th Street Parking Lot
Aquariums, & touch tank, exhibits on sea turtles, shells, sharks, & waves, marine mammals, marine pollution and a cross section of the beach. Mon.-Fri. 9- 2; Sat. 9-4
Sun. 1-4 p.m. Free
912-786-5917

TYBEE MUSEUM AND LIGHTHOUSE
30 Meddin Drive, North End, Tybee Island
Oldest and tallest lighthouse in Georgia - dates to 1773
Sat & Sun 10-4
Mon., Wed., & Fri. 12-4
Admission charged
912-786-4077