- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- DeSoto Hotel and Jasper Monument
- Creator:
- Havens, O. Pierre (Jacksonville, Fla.)
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1910
- Subject:
- Hotels--Georgia--Savannah
Monuments & memorials
Monuments & memorials--Georgia
Monuments & memorials--Georgia--Savannah
DeSoto Hotel (Savannah, Ga.) - People:
- Jasper, William, approximately 1750-1779
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- DeSoto Hotel and Jasper MT.
View of the DeSoto Hotel and Jasper Monument in Savannah, Georgia.
The historic DeSoto Hotel was constructed in 1890 on the original site of the Oglethorpe Barracks in Savannah, Georgia. Designed by William Gibbons Preston, the hotel served as a site to draw tourists in, before the entered into Florida. The Sergeant William Jasper Monument is located in Savannah, Georgia's Madison Square. Designed by Alexander Doyle, it memorializes Jasper, who was killed during the siege of Savannah in 1779. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.2813.001
ahc1702813001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/2441
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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