Houston-Screven House, Savannah

Houston-Screven House, Savannah, Chatham County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA,26-SAV,26-, with a 266-word written history.

From the record

“Houston-Screven House, Savannah, Chatham County, GA”
Survey record header. Machine-read text.

Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA,26-SAV,26- · the record runs 266 words · one of 156 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

In context

Savannah, Georgia	The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Chatham County, Georgia	103 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record	The original filed report as the survey filed it.

Also surveyed in Savannah

24 of 153 records shown

The federal surveyors worked through Savannah building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

Structure	Survey	Report
Central of Georgia Railway	HAER GA,26-SAV,55-	41,918 words
Fort Pulaski North Pier	HALS GA-9	11,797 words
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace	HALS GA-4	11,379 words
Savannah Victorian Historic District	HABS GA,26-SAV,53-	8,994 words
Fort Pulaski	HABS GA,26-SAV.V,2-	8,013 words
Turpentine & Rosin Factors	HABS GA-2393	6,840 words
South Channel Bridge	HAER GA-163	5,790 words
Cockspur Island Lighthouse	HABS GA,26-SAV.V,4-	5,067 words
Savannah Eastern Wharves	HAER GA-157	4,018 words
Savannah & Ogeechee Barge Canal	HAER GA-139	3,676 words
Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences	HABS GA,26-SAV,21-	3,666 words
Savannah City Hall	HABS GA,26-SAV,61-	3,217 words
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal	HALS GA-5	2,808 words
Carnegie Library	HABS GA-302	2,469 words
First African Baptist Church	HABS GA,26-SAV,33-	2,412 words
Savannah Victorian Historic District	HABS GA,26-SAV,53A-	1,676 words
Central of Georgia Railway	HAER GA,26-SAV,56-	1,638 words
William Scarborough House	HABS GA,26-SAV,39-	1,623 words
Savannah Victorian Historic District	HABS GA,26-SAV,53U-	1,604 words
Savannah Victorian Historic District	HABS GA,26-SAV,53L-	1,511 words
Savannah Victorian Historic District	HABS GA,26-SAV,53B-	1,491 words
Savannah Victorian Historic District	HABS GA,26-SAV,53F-	1,375 words
Savannah Victorian Historic District	HABS GA,26-SAV,530-	1,363 words
Savannah Victorian Historic District	HABS GA,26-SAV,53H-	1,313 words

Provenance

Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS GA,26-SAV,26-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from the linked federal record; page labels and counts are clearly marked as site presentation or calculations.