Telfair Academy | |
 Telfair Academy in 2015 | |
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| Location | 121 Barnard St., Savannah, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 32°4′44″N 81°5′43″W / 32.07889°N 81.09528°W |
| Built | 1818 |
| Architect | Jay, William; Brandt, Carl N. |
| Architectural style | English Regency |
| Part of | Savannah Historic District (ID66000277) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000612 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1976[1] |
| Designated NHL | May 11, 1976[2] |
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The Telfair Academy is a historic mansion at 121 Barnard Street in Savannah, Georgia. It was designed by William Jay and built in 1818, and is one of a small number of Jay's surviving works. It is one of three sites owned by Telfair Museums. Originally a family townhouse belonging to the Telfair family, it became a free art museum in 1886, and thus one of the first 10 art museums in America, and the oldest public art museum in the South. Its first director, elected in 1883, was artist Carl Ludwig Brandt, who spent winters in Savannah.[3] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[2][4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- ^ Carolyn Pitts (January 29, 1976), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (pdf), National Park Service and Accompanying one photo, exterior, undated (32 KB)