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The
Green–Meldrim House
is a historic house at 14 West Macon Street, on the northwest corner of
Madison Square
, in
Savannah, Georgia
. Built in 1853, it was designated a
National Historic Landmark
in 1976. The house is owned by the adjacent
St. John's Church
, which offers tours and uses it as a meeting and reception space. This 1864 sketch by
William Waud
depicts the entrance hall of the Green–Meldrim House, which was then in use by General
William Tecumseh Sherman
as his headquarters during the
American Civil War
. Waud's illustration was adapted into an
engraving
for the January 21, 1865, issue of
Harper's Weekly
.
Illustration credit:
William Waud
; restored by
Adam Cuerden
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