William Scarbrough House | |
 The house in 2020 | |
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| Location | 41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Savannah, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 32°04′52″N 81°05′50″W / 32.08117°N 81.09727°W |
| Built | 1819 |
| Architect | William Jay |
| Architectural style | Early Republic |
| Part of | Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia) (ID66000277) |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000201 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1970[1] |
| Designated NHL | November 7, 1973[2] |
William Scarbrough House is a historic house in Savannah, Georgia. Built in 1819, and subjected to a number later alterations, it is nationally significant as an early example of Greek Revival architecture, and is one of the few surviving American works of architect William Jay. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.[2][3] It is now home to the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, and it has largely been restored to an early 19th-century appearance.
The house was built for William Scarbrough, one of the principal owners of the SS Savannah, which in 1819 became the first steamship in the world to cross the Atlantic Ocean.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "William Scarbrough House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
- ^ Sherry L. Johnson and Mark R. Barnes (April 15, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: William Scarbrough House / West Broad Street School" (pdf). National Park Service.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) and Accompanying 15 photos, exterior and interior, from 1910s, 1940s, 1949, 1955, 1997, and undated (32 KB) - ^ "Scarbrough House". Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum. Retrieved April 10, 2015.