| John Montmollin Warehouse | |
|---|---|
 The building in 2021, viewed from Barnard Street | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Address | 21 Barnard Street |
| Coordinates | 32°04′51″N 81°05′40″W / 32.0807779°N 81.0943074°W |
| Completed | 1855 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
The John Montmollin Warehouse (also known as the John Montmollin Building) is a building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located on Barnard Street in the northwestern civic block of Ellis Square, in Savannah's City Market. It was constructed in 1855, 35 years after the first building on the square, the Thomas Gibbons Range.[1]
Owned by John S. Montmollin, between the mid-1850s and 1864[2] the building was used to trade African American slaves,[3][4] even after president Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. They were held there until their fate became known. The building's third floor was owned by Alexander Bryan, who later took over the whole of the premises after Montmollin's death in June 1859.[5] The building was liberated by U.S. troops in the course of General Sherman's "March to the Sea" in November and December 1864.[5]
- ^ Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 7
- ^ "Historian chronicles Savannah's business ties to slavery" – Savannah Morning News, February 26, 2009
- ^ Savannah Daily Republican, March 4, 1856
- ^ Savannah Morning News, April 16, 1856
- ^ a b The Montmolling Building – Clio.com