John Scudder (builder)

John Scudder
Quantock Row, 17–31 Jones Street, Savannah. Built by Scudder in 1854
BornJanuary 24, 1815
DiedMay 23, 1869(1869-05-23) (aged 54)
Westfield, New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Notable work

John Scudder (January 24, 1815 – May 23, 1869)[1] was an American master builder who was prominent in the second half of the 19th century. During his time in Savannah, Georgia, he became one of the city's "most prolific and successful antebellum builders".[2]

  1. ^ Architecture of the Old South, Mills Lane (1993), p. 161 ISBN 9781558590441
  2. ^ Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series - Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011), p. 287