- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of monument to Sergeant William Jasper, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, 1899 Feb. 13]
- Date of Original:
- 1899
- Subject:
- Monuments--Georgia--Savannah
Architecture--Georgia--Savannah
Business--Georgia--Savannah
Hotels--Georgia--Savannah - People:
- Jasper, William, approximately 1750-1779--Monuments
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Savannah, February 13, 1899. Monument to Sergeant William Jasper, who died in Siege of Savannah in 1779, located in Madison Square along Bull Street. The square was named for President James Madison. In background is DeSoto Hotel, which was built in the 1890s in the Romanesque style. In 1968, the hotel was demolished to make way for the DeSoto Hilton and the Citizens and Southern Bank complex. Note the unusual snow.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_ctm091
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:ctm091
- Additional Rights Information:
- Contact repository re: reproduction and usage.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
