Broughton Street started as a residential street in 1733 but evolved into a commercial area in starting in the 1850s. Restoration began building in the 1990s and continues today with many shops galleries and restaurants to sample along its length.
Colonial Park Cemetery is a good place to take a break or just to stroll through. As the second Christian burial ground in the city, this piece of land contains some of the oldest grave markers you will find in the state.
Davenport House was the first building saved after the Historic Savannah Foundation formed in the 1950s. Located on Columbia Square, this Federal period structure remains an exceptional house museum today and recently won the Presidential Award for Preservation.
On Franklin Square you will find the First African Baptist Church welcoming you for a tour during the week or for services on Sunday.
As the birthplace of Flannery O'Connor, this house is the center of the southern gothic author's earliest memories. You can find the Greek Revival townhouse directly south of the Cathedral on Lafayette Square.
Arriving within a few months of Oglethorpe, Mickve Israel is the third oldest Jewish congregation in the United States and exhibits a 15th century torah in the museum behind their 1870s synagogue. Museum and sanctuary are well worth a visit.
Located on Lafayette Square at the corner of Abercorn and Harris Streets, the cathedral is generally open to the public unless an event is in progress. This late Victorian building recently received restoration worth millions of dollars.
Three locations, one great museum - the Telfair Museum of Art includes the Telfair Academy, the Owens-Thomas House and the Jepson Center for the Arts. The house museum is on Oglethorpe Square and the galleries fill two buildings on Telfair Square.
