This fine Federal-style home was completed by master-builder Isaiah Davenport as his family residence in 1820. Authentically restored, the house museum features original plasterwork, a cantilever staircase and furnishings true to the 1820s. The site also features a courtyard garden that was originally a Bicentennial project of the Trustees' Garden Club and was later re-designed by noted horticulturist Penelope Hobhouse. Threatened with demolition in 1955, the saving of the Davenport House was the first effort of the Historic Savannah Foundation and the beginning of the historic preservation renaissance in this port city.
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DAVENPORT HOUSE RECEIVES GOVERNOR'S AWARD
25th Governor’s Awards in the Humanities
recognized the Davenport House on May 11, 2010
DAVENPORT HOUSE MUSEUM
Since 1955, the Davenport House Museum, of Savannah, has served as a model for preservation, museum interpretive practices and education programming. In addition, the campaign to save the Davenport House inspired the creation of the Historic Savannah Foundation, which has helped to sustain Savannah’s unique ethic of preservation which communities across Georgia and beyond have subsequently emulated. The Federal-style of a merchant/craftsman, the Davenport House has been carefully restored and authentically interpreted. Its staff, docents, and other volunteers use the home as a stage for a variety of programs about life in 19th-Century Georgia which attract thousands of visitors annually. In addition, the House and its programming have inspired the raising of an endowment, to ensure that the structure and its programming will be offered to future generations.
For information on any of our programs: info@davenporthousemuseum.org. 912/236-8097 – www. Davenporthousemuseum.org
The Davenport House is a property of Historic Savannah Foundation. |
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