# Abercorn Street
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{{Short description|Prominent street in Savannah, Georgia}}
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| caption = Abercorn Street at [Oglethorpe Avenue](/source/Oglethorpe_Avenue), looking northeast, 2011
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| namesake = [James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn](/source/James_Hamilton%2C_6th_Earl_of_Abercorn)
| length_mi = 7.8
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| location = [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia), U.S.
| direction_a = North
| terminus_a = East [Bay Street](/source/Bay_Street_(Savannah%2C_Georgia))
| direction_b = South
| terminus_b = [Harry S. Truman Parkway](/source/Georgia_State_Route_204) (SR 204)
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'''Abercorn Street''' is a prominent street in [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia), United States. Located between [Drayton Street](/source/Drayton_Street) to the west and [Lincoln Street](/source/Lincoln_Street) to the east, it runs for about {{convert|7.8|miles}} from East [Bay Street](/source/Bay_Street_(Savannah%2C_Georgia)) in the north to [Harry S. Truman Parkway](/source/Georgia_State_Route_204) (State Route 204) in the south. It is concurrent with SR 204 from 37th Street south.[{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=GA-30+E%2FUS-280+E&daddr=32.0899472,-81.4037866+to:31.9789525,-81.1386452+to:Unknown+road&hl=en&ll=32.110496,-81.323547&spn=0.618827,0.883026&sll=32.067177,-81.115269&sspn=0.001218,0.001725&geocode=FddJ6gEdlNUj-w%3BFVun6QEdduAl-ymvYj_Tlan7iDF2tLRXwr9dMg%3BFcj15wEdK-wp-ymDCUvY6nT7iDEz2xCuNqE9dA%3BFYRO6QEdLEcq-w&oq=Sav&dirflg=h&mra=mift&mrsp=3&sz=19&via=1,2&t=m&z=10|title=Route of SR 204|accessdate=June 18, 2013}}] The street is named for [James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn](/source/James_Hamilton%2C_6th_Earl_of_Abercorn), a financial benefactor of the [Georgia colony](/source/Province_of_Georgia).[{{Cite book |last=Cope |first=Tony |title=It's Not That Lincoln |publisher=The Abercorn Press |year=2016}}] Its northern section passes through the [Savannah Historic District](/source/Savannah_Historic_District_(Savannah%2C_Georgia)), a [National Historic Landmark District](/source/National_Historic_Landmark_District).[James Dillon (1977) {{NHLS url|id=66000277|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Savannah Georgia NHL Historic District}}, National Park Service and {{NHLS url|id=66000277|title=''Accompanying 25 photos, from 1964, 1973''|photos=y}}]
On the northern side of Bay Street, the Abercorn Street Ramp leads down through [Factors Walk](/source/Factors_Walk) to [River Street](/source/River_Street_(Savannah%2C_Georgia)) at the [Savannah River](/source/Savannah_River).
Abercorn Street goes around four of [Savannah's 22 squares](/source/Squares_of_Savannah%2C_Georgia). They are (from north to south):
*[Reynolds Square](/source/Reynolds_Square_(Savannah%2C_Georgia))
*[Oglethorpe Square](/source/Oglethorpe_Square_(Savannah%2C_Georgia))
*[Lafayette Square](/source/Lafayette_Square_(Savannah%2C_Georgia))
*[Taylor Square](/source/Taylor_Square_(Savannah%2C_Georgia))
For five blocks between and Oglethorpe and Lafayette Squares, Abercorn Street forms the western boundary of [Colonial Park Cemetery](/source/Colonial_Park_Cemetery),[[https://www.savannahga.gov/879/Colonial-Park-Cemetery Colonial Park Cemetery] – City of Savannah] which was established in {{start date and age|1750|p=yes}}.
==Notable buildings and structures==
{{see also|Buildings in Savannah Historic District}}
[[File:Hamilton Turner House.JPG|thumb|upright|The [Hamilton–Turner Inn](/source/Hamilton%E2%80%93Turner_Inn) in [Lafayette Square](/source/Lafayette_Square_(Savannah%2C_Georgia))]]
Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Abercorn Street, all in Savannah's Historic District. From north to south:[[https://www.thempc.org/docs/lit/hist/maps/supplement.pdf Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District] – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011)]
*[The Olde Pink House](/source/The_Olde_Pink_House), 23 Abercorn Street (1789)
*[Oliver Sturges House](/source/Oliver_Sturges_House), 27 Abercorn Street (1813)
*[Planters Inn](/source/Planters_Inn), 29 Abercorn Street (1913)
*[Lucas Theatre](/source/Lucas_Theatre), 32 Abercorn Street (1921)
*[Owens–Thomas House](/source/Owens%E2%80%93Thomas_House), 124 Abercorn Street (1819)
*[Mary Marshall Houses](/source/Mary_Marshall_Houses), 127–129 Abercorn Street ({{Circa|1850}})
*[Andrew Low House](/source/Andrew_Low_House), 329 Abercorn Street (1849)
*[Hamilton–Turner Inn](/source/Hamilton%E2%80%93Turner_Inn), 330 Abercorn Street (1873)
*[Clary's Cafe](/source/Clary's_Cafe), 404 Abercorn Street
*[Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church](/source/Wesley_Monumental_United_Methodist_Church), 429 Abercorn Street (1890)
*John Mingledorff Property, 439 Abercorn Street (1856)
*[Algernon Hartridge](/source/Algernon_Hartridge) House, 516 Abercorn Street (1870)
[John Houstoun](/source/John_Houstoun), Savannah's first mayor, lived in the [Houston–Johnson–Screven House](/source/Houston%E2%80%93Johnson%E2%80%93Screven_House), at 32 Abercorn Street, which was built around 1784. The home was demolished in 1920 to make way for the Lucas Theatre.[{{Cite book |last=Spracher |first=Luciana M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L45P6Q8LtjEC&q=the+pickup+congress+street+savannah |title=Lost Savannah: Photographs from the Collection of the Georgia Historical Society |date=2003 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-1487-1 |pages=11 |language=en}}]
==References in popular culture==
The street is featured several times in [John Berendt](/source/John_Berendt)'s 1994 book ''[Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil](/source/Midnight_in_the_Garden_of_Good_and_Evil)''.
{{blockquote|We drove south on Abercorn Street. Within a few blocks, the restrained architecture of the historic district gave way to late-Victorian flights of fancy — big old wooden houses with romantic towers, gables, and elaborate gingerbread trim. A few were restored, but most were in very poor condition.
— John Berendt, on a drive with [Lee Adler](/source/Lee_Adler_(preservationist))[''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'', [John Berendt](/source/John_Berendt) (1994) {{isbn|9780679751526}}]}}
In [the subsequent 1997 movie](/source/Midnight_in_the_Garden_of_Good_and_Evil_(film)), [The Lady Chablis](/source/The_Lady_Chablis) says her fourth boyfriend "is a mechanic over there on Abercorn", to which [John Cusack](/source/John_Cusack)'s character John Kelso replies, "I know where that is." A celebration of the life of The Lady Chablis took place at the Lucas Theatre on Abercorn Street in November 2016, two months after her death.[[https://www.adamsfuneralservicesinc.com/obituary/TheLady-Chablis "The Lady Chablis, March 11, 1957 – September 8, 2016 (age 59)"] – Adams Funeral Services]
==References==
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{{Streets of Savannah}}
Category:Roads in Savannah, Georgia
Category:Streets in Georgia (U.S. state)
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