National Historic Landmark · single-family detached home · Savannah, Georgia

Owens-Thomas House

Historic house in Savannah, Georgia, US. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.

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What it is

Wikipedia · Owens–Thomas House

The Owens–Thomas House & Slave Quarters is a historic home in Savannah, Georgia, that is operated as a historic house museum by Telfair Museums. It is located at 124 Abercorn Street, on the northeast corner of Oglethorpe Square. The Owens–Thomas House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976, as one of the nation's finest examples of English Regency architecture.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address124 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA
CountyChatham County
ListedMay 11, 1976
Reference number76000611
ArchitectWilliam Jay
Type of placesingle-family detached home
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources2 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address124 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA
Coordinates32.07742, -81.08937 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitFort Pulaski National Monument · 10 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76000611. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.