Coordinates: 32°4′21.02″N 81°5′40″W / 32.0725056°N 81.09444°W / 32.0725056; -81.09444

Jones Street (Savannah, Georgia)

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Jones Street
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Jones Street, 2010
NamesakeMajor John Jones
Length1.04 mi (1.67 km)
LocationSavannah, Georgia, U.S.
Coordinates32°4′21.02″N 81°5′40″W / 32.0725056°N 81.09444°W / 32.0725056; -81.09444
West endWest Boundary Street
East endEast Broad Street

Jones Street is a historic street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is named for major John Jones, aide-de-camp to brigadier general Lachlan McIntosh at the 1779 siege of Savannah during the American Revolutionary War.[1] The street stretches just over 1 mile (1.6 km), from West Boundary Street in the west to East Broad Street in the east. It lies near the center of the Savannah Historic District.[2] The street name changes at Bull Street, a north–south thoroughfare, becoming East Jones Street and West Jones Street, respectively. They separate Madison Square and Monterey Square, two of Bull Street's southernmost squares. Jones Street has been described as one of the most charming streets in America.[1][3] Several of its homes were built by John Scudder, who — with his brother, Ephraim — also built Scudder's Row on Monterey Square.[4] The street is interrupted between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Montgomery Street by an off-ramp from Interstate 16, allowing direct access to Savannah's Historic District at Montgomery Street.[5][6] In a 2016 study, Jones Street was one of several Savannah streets considered to be a "complete street" connection that "provide[d] safe, comfortable and convenient movement for pedestrians, bikes, vehicles, and alternative modes of transportation."[7] Jones Street passes through six wards (from west to east): Currie Town, Pulaski, Jasper, Lafayette, Troup and Bartow.

Notable buildings

See also: Buildings in Savannah Historic District

Below is a selection of notable buildings on Jones Street, many constructed for Eliza Ann Jewett (1779–1856).[1] The majority of the buildings were erected in the 1850s, although another construction spike occurred in the 1880s. From west to east:[8]

West Jones Street

Name Image Address Year Note
Crystal Beer Parlor File:Crystal Beer Parlor.jpg 301 West Jones Street 1900 (circa) An unrestored bar, The Crystal, dating to the early 1930s, owned by William and Connie Manning, now Crystal Beer Parlor.[2] Prior to that, in the early 1900s it was the Gerken Family Grocery Store, operated by Julius Weitz and his siblings and parents[9]
William Humphries Sr. File:218 West Jones Street (2022).jpg
William Humphries House, 218 		218–222 West Jones Street 1852 Built for William Humphries Sr.[10] John Cusack's character, John Kelso, rents number 218 at the end of the 1997 movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. (The property was valued at $1.15 million in 2016.)[11] He also attends a party at 115 East Jones Street, five blocks to the east, in the movie
Sarah Krenson Duplex File:Sarah Krenson House.jpg 214–216 West Jones Street 1873 Built by Grimball and Chaplin
Elizabeth, Isaac & Jacob Cohen House File:212 West Jones Street (2022).jpg 212 West Jones Street 1852 Built for Elizabeth, Isaac and Jacob Cohen. Since they were all minors at the time, it was likely a trust investment. By 1861 the property was owned by William Brantley, city alderman from 1860 to 1861. Charles W. Brunner later owned the property.[10] Mansard roof added in 1872
Bernard Constantine Duplex File:Bernard Constantine Duplex.jpg 211–215 West Jones Street 1851 Built for successful butcher Bernard Constantine[10]
Solomon Cohen (estate of) Property File:Solomon Cohen (Estate of) Duplex.jpg 208–210 West Jones Street 1886
Jesse Mount Row House File:Jesse Mount Row House.jpg 207–209 West Jones Street 1856 Built for Jesse Mount for $18,000, the property was divided in 1861 and sold to J. W. Lathrop and Abraham Backer for $8,000 each[10]
Isaac Brunner Property (2) File:Isaac Brunner Property (2).jpg 205 West Jones Street 1851
Isaac Brunner Property (1) File:Isaac Brunner House.jpg 203 West Jones Street 1852
Anthony Basler Row House File:Anthony Basler Row House.jpg 128–132 West Jones Street 1851
Jesse Mount House (sometimes known as the Champion-McAlpin House)[10] File:Jesse Mount House (Pulaski Ward).jpg 122–124 West Jones Street 1852 Built for Jesse Mount, a wing was added in 1857. It was owned by a Mrs. Maria McAlpin from 1859 to 1888. Maria's father, Aaron Champion, lived at the Harper Fowlkes House, at 230 Barnard Street, from 1843.[12] Improvements totaling $9,000 were made in 1861[10]
Solomon Zeigler House File:Ziegler House.jpg 121 West Jones Street 1856 Built for Solomon Zeigler[10]
C. D. Rogers House File:C.D. Rogers House.jpg 120 West Jones Street 1871
John Murchison Property File:John Murchison Property.jpg 114–116 West Jones Street 1851 Built for John Murchison[10]
Louisa Nevitt Row House File:Louisa Nevitt Row House.jpg 113–117 West Jones Street 1851[8] Built for Louise Nevitt (d. 1890, aged 93).[13] After her husband John's death the year after the construction, his widow moved to 125 East Jones as "a lady of leisure"[10]
Caroline Overstreet House File:Caroline Overstreet House.jpg 111 West Jones Street 1855
Mary Johnson House File:Mary Johnson House.jpg 109 West Jones Street 1900
Algernon Hartridge Duplex; Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room since 1943 File:Algernon Hartridge Duplex.jpg 105–107 West Jones Street 1869[2] A former boarding house, known as the Wilkes House
William Remshart Row House File:Remshart Row (102-104 West Jones Street facade).jpg
102–104File:Remshart Row (106 West Jones Street facade).jpg
106

File:Remshart Row (108 West Jones Street facade).jpg
108[14] File:Remshart Row (110-112 West Jones Street facade).jpg
110–112

102–112 West Jones Street 1853[8][2]
James Kerr House File:James Kerr House.jpg 20 West Jones Street 1849[8] Built for James Ker (possibly Kerr), the third storey was added in 1878[10]
John Williams House File:John Williams House.jpg 17 West Jones Street 1883
Thomas Holcombe House File:15 West Jones Street.jpg 15 West Jones Street 1849
Morris Sternberg House File:Morris Sternberg House.jpg 12–14 West Jones Street 1891 By Alfred Eichberg
Joseph Johnston Property File:Joseph Johnston Property.jpg 11 West Jones Street 1854[8] Built for Joseph Johnston, the property was sold to Confederate officer Algernon S. Hartridge in 1860[10]
Noah B. Knapp House File:Noah Knapp House.jpg 10 West Jones Street 1857[8] Designed by John S. Norris[8]
Eliza Thompson House File:Eliza Thompson House.jpg 5–7 West Jones Street 1847[15][8][2] Western portion added in 1889
Israel K. Tefft House File:Israel K. Teft House.jpg 1 West Jones Street 1849 Built for Israel K. Tefft[10]

East Jones Street

Name Image Address Year Note
Alexander A. Smets House File:Smets House (Iron Balcony), Jones & Bull Streets, Savannah, Chatham County, GA.jpg 2–4 East Jones Street 1853 Built for Alexander Smets; designed by John S. Norris (now Savannah College of Art and Design's Morris Hall)[8]
Cornelia Millen House File:Cornelia Millen House.jpg 7 East Jones Street 1851 Built by John Scudder for a Miss Cornelia Millen, the building was later purchased by William Davidson, a liquor merchant and an officer with the Chatham Artillery;[10] stoop replaced in 1908
Jacob Cohen Property File:Jacob Cohen Property.jpg 10–14 East Jones Street 1889
John Scudder Property (1) File:John Scudder House.jpg 11 East Jones Street 1849–1851[8] Built by and for Scudder, the house was later sold to Charles S. Hardee for $4,500
John Scudder Property (2) File:John Scudder Property (2).jpg 15 East Jones Street 1849–1851 Built by and for John Scudder, it was sold to William Wade in July 1860 for $5,000[10]
Joe Odom House File:16 East Jones Street.jpg 16 East Jones Street 1847 Joe Odom was featured in the John Berendt non-fiction novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.[1][16] A block south of Madison Square, this and 18 East Jones are two of the earliest constructions on the street[1]
Quantock Row File:Quantock Row (Jones Street).jpg
Quantock Row
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27
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31 		17–31 East Jones Street 1854 (circa)[8] Built for Allen William Quantock by John Scudder from 1852 to 1854, the property was sold to Henry Meinhard in 1862 who, in turn, sold it to Gerard and Sarah Treanor[10]
Eliza Ann Jewett Property File:Eliza Ann Jewett Property (2).jpg 18 East Jones Street 1847 Built around the same time as the Joe Odom House next door (number 16), the two being amongst the earliest constructions on Jones Street[1]
Eliza Ann Jewett (Estate of) Property File:Eliza Ann Jewett (Estate of) Property.jpg 20–22 East Jones Street 1861[10] Erected out of the estate of Eliza Jewett, built for her granddaughter in 1861[1]
John Howell House File:John Howell House.jpg 24 East Jones Street 1858; balcony added in 1875 Built for John B. Howell and sold to John Lama in 1862 for $5,000[10]
Hunter-Charlton House File:Hunter-Charlton House.jpg 101 East Jones Street 1870
Sarah Gazan House File:Sarah Gazan House.jpg 103 East Jones Street 1891
Margaret Dibble House (west half) File:107 East Jones Street.jpg 107 East Jones Street 1853 Built for Margaret Dibble and/or Bridget Carey[10]
Margaret Dibble House (east half) File:109 East Jones Street.jpg 109 East Jones Street 1853 Built for Margaret Dibble and/or Bridget Carey[10]
David Cohen House File:David Cohen House.jpg 108 East Jones Street 1853 Built for David Lopez Cohen (1820–1893),[17] a successful ship builder from Charleston, South Carolina. He also built the Shearit Israel Synagogue at 34 Wentworth Street in Charleston.[17][18] He is interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery[10]
Eliza Ann Jewett Row House (Calhoun Ward) File:Eliza Ann Jewett Property.jpg
111–115
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Close-up of 115 		111–115 East Jones Street 1852–1853 Built for Eliza Jewett.[10] 115 featured in the 1997 movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as the venue for the party hosted by Joe Odom
Eliza Ann Jewett Row House (Lafayette Ward) File:Eliza Ann Jewett Row House (Lafayette Ward).jpg
112–116
File:116 East Jones Street.jpg
Close-up of 116 		112–120 East Jones Street 1852 Built for Eliza Jewett[10]
Eliza Ann Jewett Row House (Calhoun Ward) File:117-119 East Jones Street.jpg 117–119 East Jones Street 1854[2] Built for Eliza Jewett[10]
Augustus Barié Property File:123 East Jones Street.jpg 123 East Jones Street 1855 Built for Augustus Barié; bay window added in 1876[10]
Mary Grimball House File:Mary Grimball House.jpg 124 East Jones Street 1850 Built for Mary Grimball, wife of a planter from the Isle of Hope. Sold in 1855 to William Chaplin, who lived here until 1883[10]
Francis Waver House File:125 East Jones Street.jpg 125 East Jones Street 1856
Abram Minis House File:Abram Minis House, 204 East Jones Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA.jpg 204 East Jones Street 1859 Built for Abram Minis; designed by Stephen Decatur Button[8]
Francis Ruckert Property File:207-211 East Jones Street.jpg 207–211 East Jones Street 1866
James Snider House File:James Snider House.jpg 208 East Jones Street 1856 Cornices and veranda added in 1877
Mary Perry Row House File:212-218 East Jones Street, Savannah.jpg 212–218 East Jones Street 1853
Thomas Holcombe Duplex File:213-215 East Jones Street.jpg 213–215 East Jones Street 1853
Augustus Barié Property File:Augustus Barie Property (2).jpg
Full shot
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Sign on the corner of 222 East Jones at Lincoln Street 		222 East Jones Street 1857 Built for Augustus Barié, sold to George Dillon in December 1857 for $5,500. By 1859, Dillon had sold the property to John Cunningham, who kept it until 1873[10]
James Graybill House File:223 East Jones Street.jpg 223 East Jones Street 1866[10]
John Schwarz House File:John Schwarz House.jpg 302–306 East Jones Street 1890
Eliza McCormack House File:Eliza McCormack House.jpg 308 East Jones Street 1898
Augustus Bonard Row House File:313-317 East Jones Street.jpg 313–317 East Jones Street 1868 By M. Williams
John Richardson Duplex File:John Richardson Duplex.jpg 316–318 East Jones Street 1852
Sarah Bailey Property File:321-323 East Jones Street.jpg 321–323 East Jones Street 1853
Charles Barnwall/Sabra Ulmer Duplex File:401-405 East Jones Street.jpg 401–405 East Jones Street 1856
Paulson & Morgan Row House File:Paulson & Morgan Row House.jpg 407–413 East Jones Street 1875
J. J. Dale Duplex (Troup Ward) File:J.J. Dale Duplex.jpg 408–410 East Jones Street 1883 By William Noonan
J.J. Dale Duplex (Wesley Ward) File:J.J. Dale Duplex (Wesley Ward).jpg 415–417 East Jones Street 1883
John Asendorf Property (west) File:418 East Jones Street.jpg 418 East Jones Street 1863 By William Noonan
John Asendorf Property (east) File:420-424 East Jones Street.jpg 420–424 East Jones Street 1867 By William Noonan
Frederick Klug House File:427-429 East Jones Street.jpg 427–429 East Jones Street 1879
James Cann Property File:502 East Jones Street.jpg
502
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504 		502–504 East Jones Street 1861 Built for James F. Cann.[10] 502 was a commercial building; 504 was residential
Charles & Joseph Fulton House File:501-505 East Jones Street.jpg 503–505 East Jones Street 1872
Silas Fulton Property (1) File:Silas Fulton Property (1).jpg 507–509 East Jones Street 1860 Built for Silas Fulton[10]
Robert Low Property (1) File:510 East Jones Street.jpg 510 East Jones Street 1870 Built by Robert Low[19]
James Bandy Property File:James Bandy Property.jpg 511–513 East Jones Street 1861 Built for James W. Bandy[10]
Robert Low Property (2) File:Robert Low Property.jpg 512 East Jones Street 1867
Abraham Backer Duplex File:514-516 East Jones Street.jpg 514–516 East Jones Street 1867
Silas Fulton Property (2) File:Silas Fulton Property (2).jpg 515–517 East Jones Street 1860 Built for Silas Fulton[10]
Joseph Bandy Property (1) File:Joseph Bandy Property (1).jpg 519–525 East Jones Street 1866
George Bulloch & Cyrus Campfield Property File:520-522 East Jones Street.jpg 520–522 East Jones Street 1867
Joseph Bandy Property (2) File:Joseph Bandy Property (2).jpg 527–529 East Jones Street 1868
Anna Bella Robertson Property File:Anna Bella Robertson Property.jpg 530–534 East Jones Street 1885
Thomas Ford Property (1) File:Thomas Ford Property (1).jpg 538 East Jones Street 1871
Thomas Ford Property (2) File:Thomas Ford Property (2).jpg 540 East Jones Street 1871

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Jones Street, Savannah, Ga". GoSouthSavannah. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 McMillan, Cecily Deegan (October 16, 1983). "Making Yourself At Home". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  3. ↑ Schild, Darcy (October 16, 2019). "The most charming streets in America". Business Insider. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series - Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011), p. 329
  5. ↑ Jacobs (December 2015). I-16 Interchange Modification Report (PDF). Chatham County–Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ "West Jones Street". Google Street View. January 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  7. ↑ Buker, Allison (Spring 2016). Mapping the Morphological History of Westside Savannah: History, Analysis, + Future Development Considerations (PDF). School of City and Regional Planning, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 Historic Preservation Department (2011). "Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District" (PDF). Chatham County–Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  9. ↑ Crystal Beer Parlor history
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series - Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011)
  11. ↑ "218 West Jones Street". Realtor.com. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  12. ↑ History Archived March 4, 2021, at the Wayback Machine - HarperFowlkesHouse.com
  13. ↑ Laurel Grove North interments - Interment.net
  14. ↑ "The Home | Luxe On Jones". www.luxeonjones.com. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Eliza Thompson House". Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" (PDF). p. 105.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "David Lopez Jr.: Builder, Industrialist, and Defender of the Confederacy" - American Jewish Archives
  18. ↑ Mapping Jewish CharlestonFrom The Colonial Era To The Present Day Archived June 6, 2020, at the Wayback Machine - College of Charleston
  19. ↑ "510 E Jones Street". Historic Savannah Foundation. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

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