Did You Know?

In Savannah many of the houses are named, but sometimes the name is the person who built the property rather than the person for whom it was built. For example, the Stephen Williams House, now restored as an elegant B&B, was named for its builder, Stephen Williams, rather than the owner, William Thorn Williams, six-time mayor of Savannah. Some houses are named for the first owner and then a subsequent owner, like the Green-Meldrim House. The good news is that they didn't add the name Sherman—General William T. Sherman, that is, who occupied the house during "The War" from 1864-1865—to the Green-Meldrim House's name. This extraordinary edifice, open for tours on certain days, is now the parish house for St. John's Episcopal Church.