# Granite Hall

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{{Short description|Historic house in Savannah, Georgia}}
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| former_names        = Fred Hull House
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| location            = [Savannah](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)), U.S.
| address             = 126 East Gaston Street
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| owner               = [Savannah College of Art and Design](/source/Savannah_College_of_Art_and_Design) (since 2006)
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| architect           = John M. Williams
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'''Granite Hall''' is an [Italianate](/source/Italianate_architecture) mansion in [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia), United States. It is located on East Gaston Street, just to the northeast of [Forsyth Park](/source/Forsyth_Park).<ref name=mpc>[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)</ref> It is part of the [Savannah Historic District](/source/Savannah_Historic_District_(Savannah%2C_Georgia)),<ref name=mpc/> and was built in 1881 for Fred Hull. In a survey for [Historic Savannah Foundation](/source/Historic_Savannah_Foundation), [Mary Lane Morrison](/source/Mary_Lane_Morrison) found the building to be of significant status.<ref>''Historic Savannah: Survey of Significant Buildings in the Historic and Victorian Districts of Savannah, Georgia'', [Mary Lane Morrison](/source/Mary_Lane_Morrison) (1979)</ref>

The building was used as the venue for the [Married Woman's Card Club](/source/Married_Woman's_Card_Club) visited by [John Cusack](/source/John_Cusack)'s character, John Kelso, in the 1997 movie ''[Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil](/source/Midnight_in_the_Garden_of_Good_and_Evil_(film))''. [Jim Williams](/source/James_Arthur_Williams), upon whom both the movie and the [book on which it was based](/source/Midnight_in_the_Garden_of_Good_and_Evil) was centered, purchased the house in the mid-1980s and began an extensive restoration program on it; he died before it was completed, however.<ref name=scad/> Around that time, it was the Granite Steps guest house, so named for its double-entry staircase that ascends from the street.<ref>''The Carolinas & the Georgia Coast'', Norman Renouf and Kathy Renouf (1999) {{isbn|9781556508547}}</ref>

Since 2006, the property has been owned by the [Savannah College of Art and Design](/source/Savannah_College_of_Art_and_Design) (SCAD).<ref name=scad>[https://www.scad.edu/life/buildings-and-facilities/granite-hall Granite Hall] – SCAD.edu</ref>

==See also==
*[Buildings in Savannah Historic District](/source/Buildings_in_Savannah_Historic_District)

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Category:Houses in Savannah, Georgia
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Category:Savannah College of Art and Design buildings and structures
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