#98: The Beach Institute African-American Cultural Center

Confederate military forces evacuated Savannah on December 20, 1864. The Union army occupied the city the following day. The Civil War and slavery had finally come to an end for Savannahians.

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#97: The King Tisdell Cottage

This beautiful cottage is now a delightful museum dedicated to preserving African American history and culture in Savannah.

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#96: The Algernon Sydney Hartridge Residence

Savannah College of Art and Design's Keys Hall is located at 516 Abercorn Street, sitting east across the street from beautiful Forsyth Park. SCAD purchased this building in 1995 and refurbished it by 1998 for use as the college's communications department.

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#95: The Jacob Guerard Heyward Mansion

This magnificent mansion, located on Whitaker Street and blessed with a stunning view of Forsyth Park, was built in 1878 for Jacob Guerard Heyward

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#94: Gordon Street Row Houses Near Chatham Square

These beautiful Gordon Street Row Houses are found just off Chatham Square on Gordon Street, named for William Washington Gordon, the first President of the Central of Georgia Railroad.

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#93: Mother Mathilda Beasley Park and Home

This en Plein air was painted in Mother Mathilda Beasley Park. Located just off Broad Street within the Savannah Historic District, this park is frequented daily by many of my favorite people — dog owners, who bring their best friends to play in the beautiful fenced-in dog park located in Beasley Park!

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#92: The Clarence Thomas Center for Historic Preservation

This en Plein air is of Savannah College of Art and Design’s Clarence Thomas Center for Historic Preservation. The building originated in 1908 as an orphanage, school, and convent in service to the Missionary Sisters of the Franciscan Order.

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#91: Clark Hall: Building of The Central of Georgia Railroad

When the first rail of the Central of Georgia Railroad was laid down in Savannah in December 1835, the city of Macon was accessible for trading primarily by horse-drawn wagon or via small boats through intermittent waterways. Completed by 1843, the rail line to Macon was the longest continuous railroad line under one management in the world.

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#90: The ‘Sweetness and Light’ of Ekburg Hall

Initially, I came to SCAD to study fashion exclusively. But a couple of kind painting professors encouraged me to spend more time focused in front of blank canvasses rather than hunched over my sewing machines.

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#89: St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church

Indeed. I snuck into St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church and reviewed the fabulous art inside, the atmosphere of which, together with an endless supply of lighted candles, reminded me of the Russian Orthodox churches of my native country.

#88: The Old Bnai Brith Jacob Synagogue

A close look at this magnificent building reveals Witcover’s intricate and often exotic signature details that each makes the building unique: the keyhole arches over the windows…

#87: Sacred Heart Catholic Church

This en Plein air of Sacred Heart Catholic Church was painted on a scorching, cloudless, and sun-filled day. The sun’s intense reflection off its Philadelphia Red Brick provided the opportunity to compliment the red-orange of the beautiful brick against the bright blue open sky.

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#86: First New Light Baptist Church

I couldn’t pass by this church without stopping: first, to enjoy how wonderfully cute this church is, and then to break out my paints to prove it.

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#85: Colonial Park Cemetery in May: Hooray for the Greens!

The color green represents life itself, and I inundated my color palate with several hues of green to complete this painting. And I thoroughly enjoyed spangling them all together on these hallowed burial grounds.

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#84: Where Savannah’s Past is Buried: Colonial Park Cemetery

These grounds have long served as the final resting place for many of Georgia’s earliest settlers and revolutionaries.

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#83: Laurence McNeil Mansion Overlooking Forsyth Park

This neoclassical mansion was built in 1903 by Gottfried L. Norrman for Savannahian Laurence McNeil.

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#82: Smithfield Cottage and SCAD’s Preservation of Savannah

The cottage still contains many of its original design elements, including some impressive stained-glass windows. Arthur Smith, a local antique dealer, had kept this home in pristine condition for many years

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#81: The Telfair Hospital for Females Near Forsyth Park

She was the last survivor in the Savannah branch of the Telfair family tree. So, the unmarried Mary Telfair focused her efforts on creating a legacy with her family name. She managed to succeed at her task, but it took the intervention of the Supreme Court of the United States to do so.

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#80: Bonaventure Cemetery: The Bird Girl Sculpture

Born in Savannah, Conrad Aiken (1889-1973) was both a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning poet. He was appointed U.S. Poet Laureate in 1950.

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#79: Bonaventure Cemetery: The George Johnson Baldwin Angel

Naturally, there are many fabulous angels to be found throughout the Bonaventure Cemetery. One magnificent angel sculpture is this white marble monument found at the family gravesite of Savannah businessman George Johnson Baldwin (1856-1927).

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