Sign from 1980 #ShermansHeadquarters
#GreenMeldrimMansion “#GeneralWilliamTecumsehSherman used this house as headquarters from Dec. 22, 1864, until Feb. 1, 1865. #CharlesGreen offered the use of his home to #GeneralSherman and his staff. Sherman’s chaplain conducted the Christmas services in St. John’s Church.
The house was built for Green, a British subject, residing in Savannah prior to 1854. The architect was #JohnSNorris of New York. The house is notable as one of the country’s finish examples of residential Gothic Revival architecture, the detail of the interiors being as sumptuous as any to be found in America. Cost of construction of the house in the 1850’s totalled $93,000.
In 1892 it was acquired from the Green family as a residence by #JudgePeterWMeldrim, distinguished Georgia jurist and President of the #AmericaBarAssociation (1912-1913).
#StJohnsEpiscopalChurch acquired the house from the Meldrim heirs in 1943 for use as a parish house and rectory. The house was purchased partly through public subscription by the citizens of Savannah. The house was declared a #NationalHistoricLandmark in 1976.”
