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Images of Savannah
Savannah is a city rich in history and beautiful architecture. Photographers have been capturing views of the city for the tourist trade and for commercial purposes since the beginning of photography. The Savannah College of Art and Design library collection includes images of the city and environs in various forms such as stereographs, postcards, slides, and other formats. Images from several collections are presented here, providing a cross-section of time. The stereographs date from the 1870s, the cabinet cards from the 1880s, publications from the 1890s, postcards from the 1900s, and photographs and slides are more recent. The images have been divided into categories, such as Aerial Views, Churches, Downtown Buildings, Hotels, and Schools, for ease of discovery.
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Color postcard of the Colonial Cemetery, with caption and message at bottom where there is a blank area. Back is undivided, with no caption, and is postmarked October 23, 1907. Located in the heart of Savannah’s Historic District, the cemetery's entrance is at the corner of Abercorn Street and Oglethorpe Avenue. Colonial Park is the oldest intact municipal cemetery in Savannah. It has also been called the Old Cemetery, Old Brick Graveyard, South Broad Street Cemetery, and Christ Church Cemetery, and has served as the primary public cemetery from 1750 to 1853. The brick building visible in the far left at the end of the cemetery is the Police Barracks on Oglethorpe Street. It was completed in 1870 and is the oldest continually active police headquarters in the country.
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Glass lantern slide of Forsyth Park Sphinxes, publication information printed on slide, title on back of slide, handwritten on a paper label.These two beautiful Egyptian statues formerly flanked the entrance to Forsyth Park. the statures were blown up by small boys armed with large firecrackers. The sphinxes were about 6 feet long and constructed of a relatively soft metal alloy of zinc, tin and lead. The vandals packed the statues with giant firecrackers and blew them up. This first attempt was only strong enough to break up the statues into large chunks. Charles A. Cox, the owner of a tin and roofing shop was able to restore the statues. But the vandals came back with larger explosives and the already weakened statues did not survive the second assault.
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The image is from a scan of a slide from Myrtle Jones Collection, MS 002. The slide was used in the publication of her book, A Savannah Experience: an artistic expression of my life in Savannah, published in 1995. The slide depicts a watercolor painting of the Forsyth Park fountain painted in 1965.
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Color postcard with view of palm lined walk and park benches of the Colonial Cemetery. Image appears to be hand colored surrounded by a wide border. Back is divided with no caption and is postally unused. Located in the heart of Savannah’s Historic District, the Colonial Cemetery's entrance is at the corner of Abercorn Street and Oglethorpe Avenue. Colonial Park is the oldest intact municipal cemetery in Savannah. It has also been called the Old Cemetery, Old Brick Graveyard, South Broad Street Cemetery, and Christ Church Cemetery, and has served as the primary public cemetery from 1750 to 1853.
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Color postcard with no borders, of the large granite Tomo Chi-Chi memorial in Wright Square, located at Bull Street and President Street in Savannah, Georgia. Divided back with no caption, postmarked June 1, 1909. Tomo Chi-Chi, chief of the Yamacraw Indians, assisted Oglethorpe in establishing a British settlement in Georgia. He was buried in Wright Square in 1739 with a prior marker, but that was moved in in 1883. The present granite monument was placed in 1899 by the Georgia Society of Colonial Dames of America and may be the only memorial for a Native American erected by European descendants in the United States.
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Color postcard printed on linen textured paper with no border and divided back. French settlers first established the parish of Congrégation de Saint Jean-Baptiste shortly before the end of the 18th century and established a small church in a wooden building. The parish quickly grew and selected another site on Drayton and Perry Streets. A church constructed of brick and seating 1,000 people was dedicated in 1839.
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Black and white stereograph card of Christ Church with double image affixed to yellow paper covered card. On the back of card, publishing information is printed and title is handwritten in ink. Christ Church was founded with the founding of the Georgia Colony in 1733. It was assigned a building location on the east trust lot of the first square on Bull Street. The church is the third building on the site. The first was destroyed by fire, the second destroyed by a hurricane while still under construction. The building was consecrated in 1840 and is in the Greek Revival style. The bell in the northeast bell tower was forged by Revere and Sons of Boston in 1819.
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Color postcard with title and message at bottom where there is a blank area. Back is undivided, with no caption, postally unused. Designed by John Norris, the First Presbyterian Church on Monterey Square building was dedicated in June 1872. The church relocated in 1956. Congregation Mickve Israel, completed in 1878, is the only Gothic style Synagogue in America and is located on Monterey Square. Wesley Monumental Church is a Gothic-revival style church memorializing the founders of Methodism. It dates from 1868 and is particularly noted for its magnificent stained-glass windows.
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Photochrome postcard, with no border, divided back. Caption from back: Saint Paul Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 1601 Barnard Street, Savannah GA 31401, (912) 233-2849. The CME church grew out of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South founded by John Wesley. During the emancipation of slaves, formation of an independent branch of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South by black religious leaders was undertaken in 1870. The red brick building was purchased from the Calvary Baptist Temple in 1964.
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Black and white photograph with white borders and title on front. Divided back with caption: "Organized November 3, 1895. With 148 Charter Members. Dedicated March 22nd, 1896. First Pastor, the Late Dr. M. J. Epting. Served the congregation thirty-two (32) years. Sunday School organized 1889. Parish Building was erected 1924. Auditorium seats 800." This building was replaced in 1957.
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The image is from a scan of a slide from Myrtle Jones Collection, MS 002. The slide was used in the publication of her book, A Savannah Experience: an artistic expression of my life in Savannah, published in 1995. The slide depicts an acrylic painting of Congregation Mickve Israel. Congregation Mickve Israel, completed in 1878, is the only Gothic style Synagogue in America and is located on Monterey Square.
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Black and white stereograph image of C. Hansen, Groceries, with double image pasted down on a pink card. Back of card is orange and contains no other information. In the 1899 Savannah City Directory, there was a Christian Hansen and wife Emma, listed as grocers on the southeast corner of the intersection of Wheaton and Waters Avenue. None of the original buildings are standing today at that address.
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Black and white stereograph image of the City Market, with double image pasted down on an orange card. Back of card is pink with printed publisher information and title information hand written in ink. Under the written title is some other written information, possibly in German. The City Market building depicted here was built in 1872 and replaced an earlier market building built in 1821. It was a two story structure designed by Augustus Schwab and Martin P. Muller.
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Black and white print with added colored flags, border at the bottom of card with caption, and undivided back, postmarked July 5, 1912. Completed in 1887, the Cotton Exchange was designed William Gibbons Preston (1844-1910),in the Romanesque style he was famous for in Savannah. Preston's Design was selected in a competition of eleven architects. The fountain in the foreground was constructed in 1889 and features a beautiful terra cotta griffin surrounded by a fence with medallions of poets and presidents. The building is now the Solomon’s Masonic Lodge.
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Black and white stereograph card, with double image affixed to yellow paper. The back contains no publication information, and the title is handwritten in ink. While the title indicates that the view is of the Customs House, only the roof and a small portion of building are visible. It appears that the photograph was taken from Johnson Square. The building advertising Baths in the foreground of the image was replaced with the tall Savannah Bank building now on the site constructed in 1911.
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Color print on front with only a border on the bottom containing title caption, divided back. Caption from the back of card: "The first Air Conditioned Apartment House in the State of Georgia. Edw. T. Courtney, Mgr." In the late 1940’s, the architect Cletus Bergen brought his son, William P. “Billy” Bergen, into his Beaux Arts style design firm. The younger Bergen brought his Bauhaus inspired education to Savannah and immersed the city in modern International design. The Drayton Arms, completed in 1951, was constructed of glass, steel, aluminum, and limestone. The International Style proved to be a controversial culture clash style to a city deeply steeped in history and tradition, and still elicits debate even though it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing Building in 2004.
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The image is from a scan of a slide from Myrtle Jones Collection, MS 002. The slide was used in the publication of her book, A Savannah Experience: an artistic expression of my life in Savannah, published in 1995. The slide depicts an acrylic painting of Factors Walk on Bay Street painted in 1970.
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Color print with no borders, title on front, divided back, postmarked June 5, 1912. The back contains printed note above the left side division: "This space may be used for Correspondence after March 1st, 1907." The Germania building, the home of the Germania Bank, was the first of Savannah's tall office buildings. Designed by Hyman W. Witcover and completed around 1904, this building originally was located at Bull and Congress Streets, but was razed in 1975. The bank was established by Captain Henry Blun, a veteran of the Confederate army, who served as a member of the German Volunteers in service at Fort Pulaski, also with the forces on Tybee and Wilmington Islands.
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Black and white image with title caption in the bottom border, undivided back, postmarked October 22, 1904. This view down Bull Street shows the National Guard Armory designed by William Gibbons Preston. The Armory became the first building renovated by SCAD and was renamed Poetter Hall. Also visible is H. Rymes Art Store and the Harmony (Harmonie) Club. Established in 1865, the Harmonie Club was Savannah's first Jewish social club "instituted for social and mental improvement."
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Color image with white border, divided back, postally unused. From back of card: "Jewish Educational Alliance, Savannah Ga. A Community Club House and Social Center. Organized 1913. New building erected at a cost of over $50,000 in 1915. Building dedicated Jan. 27, 1916. Contains large assembly hall and gymnasium, reception hall, lobby and library, lodge rooms and banquet hall, domestic science department, kindergarten, class rooms, showers, locker rooms, and swimming pool."
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Color postcard, postally unused, no border, not dated, with a divided back. The Knights of Pythias Castle Hall was originally built as a residence in the 1820s, but was purchased to use as a lodge in 1884. Renovations to the building in 1898 added Gothic Revival elements with a crenellated parapet and towers. A terra cotta plaque was added to the upper story front facade. Originally located on Telfair Square, the building is no longer standing, demolished to build the Juliette Gordon Low Federal Building. The Fraternal Order of Knights of Pythias is an international fraternity founded in Washington, DC, by Justus H. Rathbone in 1864. Their members are dedicated to the cause of universal peace through understanding. The Knights of Pythias Lodge in Savannah was established in September of 1869.
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Black and white postcard with some color added and a narrow white border. The card has a divided back and is postally unused. The Masonic Temple in Savannah, Georgia was also called the Scottish Rite building. It was built in 1913 and is located at the corner of Charlton and Bull Streets. Hyman Wallace Witcover was the architect. The order was chartered in Savannah in 1802 and remained a center for activity and in 2002, celebrated their 200th anniversary. The building is located on Madison Square at the corner of Bull and Charlton Streets. Solomon Drug Store, one of the oldest drug stores in the country, leased the ground floor when the building was completed. In 1870, Solomon Drug Store filled a prescription for General Robert E. Lee. He was on a tour through the South a few months before his death, where he met with General Joseph E. Johnston. The drug store portion has been acquired by the Savannah College of Art and Design and is now operated as the Gryphon Tea Room. The building is still owned and managed by the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Savannah, but the first floor is now leased by SCAD and houses SCAD Security and the Gryphon Tea Room.
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Color postcard with divided back and no border, postmarked December 12, 1912 captioned the National Bank building in Savannah, Georgia. The National Bank of Savannah was organized in 1885. The building, located on Broughton Street, at 10 floors, was considered to be an early Georgia skyscraper. The neoclassical building with an uncommon corner entrance had a rusticated ground floor and a decorative stone capital. Designed by Hyman W. Witcover and built around 1906, the building also housed the Liberty Bank and Trust. It was torn down in 1975.
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Color postcard with divided back and no border, with a postcard that is not legible. The postcard depicts a view of City Hall, the Oglethorpe Memorial Bench, and buildings on Bay Street. The Memorial Bench was placed by the Colonial Dames 1905 to honor James Oglethorpe and was located on the site where he pitched his tent on arriving in what is now Savannah. Hyman Wallace Witcover designed and built the Savannah City Hall, which hosted its opening reception in January of 1906. It is a Renaissance Revival building with classic proportions with exterior finishes of rough and smooth granite and limestone. The 70 foot dome was originally in copper, but in 1987, was gilded. The building of red brick was owned in the 1920s by the Neal Blun Company, which sold building supplies. In 1981, the Hyatt Regency Hotel was built on the site of the Blun Building.
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