- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- United States Customhouse historical marker
- Creator:
- Jackson, Edwin L.
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Chatham County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Savannah
Historic sites--Georgia--Savannah - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Corner of Bay St. and Bull St., Savannah
Text of marker: "UNITED STATES CUSTOMHOUSE. The U.S. Customhouse stands on historic ground. In a house on this site James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the colony ofGeorgia, lived for a time, and in 1736 John Wesley preached his first sermon at Savannah in a building which stood on the rear of the lot. The cornerstone of the Customhouse was laid in 1848. The building was completed in 1852 at a cost of $146,000. Built of granite from Quincy, Mass., the structure is one of the most handsome and substantial public buildings erected in that era. The magnificent fluted columns have tobacco leaves as capitals instead of the traditional decorations. The columns, each weighing fifteen tons, were brought to Savannah by sailing vessels. The unusual inside stairway divides at one-half height forming into circular stairs with no perpendicular support. Although the building is used primarily by the United States Customs Service, it houses several Federal agencies. In earlier years it also served as a Post Office and Federal courthouse. In 1859-1860 the celebrated cases growing out of slave-running by the yacht "Wanderer" were tried here before Justice Wayne of the U.S. Supreme Court. 025 - 57 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_united-states-customhouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_united-states-customhouse
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
