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Christian Camphor Cottage

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Christian Camphor Cottage
Christian Camphor Cottage

The Christian Camphor Cottage is a home located at 122 East Oglethorpe Avenue in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is believed to be the oldest extant structure in the city, dating to around 1764. It is part of the Savannah Historic District, and in a survey for Historic Savannah Foundation, Mary Lane Morrison found the building to be of significant status.A saltbox house, the property was originally two storeys; it was raised onto a brick foundation in 1871. Its original balcony was remodeled in 1907.

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Christian Camphor Cottage
Abercorn Street, Savannah Savannah Historic District

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Abercorn Street
31401 Savannah, Savannah Historic District
Georgia, United States
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Oglethorpe Square (Savannah, Georgia)
Oglethorpe Square (Savannah, Georgia)

Oglethorpe Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the second row of the city's five rows of squares, on Abercorn Street and East President Street, and was laid out in 1742. It is south of Reynolds Square, west of Columbia Square, north of Colonial Park Cemetery and east of Wright Square. The oldest building on the square is the Owens–Thomas House, at 124 Abercorn Street, which dates 1819.Upper New Square, as it was originally known, was laid out in 1742 and was later renamed in honor of Georgia founder General James Oglethorpe, although his statue is located in Chippewa Square, to the southwest. The home of Georgia's first Royal Governor, John Reynolds, was located on the southeastern trust lot (now a parking lot of The Presidents' Quarters Inn) overlooking the square. Reynolds arrived in Savannah on October 29, 1754. The residences of the Royal Surveyors of Georgia and South Carolina were located on the northeastern trust lots, the site of today's Owens–Thomas House. The Presidents' Quarters Inn, a 16-room historic bed and breakfast, is located in the southeastern trust lot. The square contains a pedestal honoring Moravian missionaries who arrived at the same time as John Wesley and settled in Savannah from 1735 to 1740, before resettling in Pennsylvania.A Savannah veterans’ group had unsuccessfully proposed erecting a memorial to veterans of World War II in Oglethorpe Square It was instead installed on River Street. The Unitarian Universalist Church was originally based on the square, prior to its move to the western side of Troup Square, a third of a mile to the southeast.