Hull Street

{{Short description|Prominent street in Savannah, Georgia}} {{Use American English|date=April 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox street | name = Hull Street | marker_image = | image = SOUTH FRONT AND WEST SIDE - John Ash House, 114-116 West Hull Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA HABS GA,26-SAV,65-2.tif | image_size = | image_alt = | image_map = | caption = John H. Ash House, West Hull Street | map_type = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | former_names = Chatham Street (1801 to 1815) | part_of = | namesake = [[Isaac Hull]] | length_mi = 0.5 | length_ref = | location = [[Savannah, Georgia]], U.S. | direction_a = West | terminus_a = [[Jefferson Street (Savannah, Georgia)|Jefferson Street]] (western section)<br />[[Habersham Street]] (eastern section) | direction_b = East | terminus_b = [[Abercorn Street]] (western section)<br />[[East Broad Street]] (eastern section) | junction = | commissioning_date = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = | inauguration_date =  }}

'''Hull Street''' is a prominent street in [[Savannah, Georgia]], United States. Located between [[Oglethorpe Avenue]] to the north and [[Perry Street]] to the south, it runs for about {{convert|0.50|miles}} from [[Jefferson Street (Savannah, Georgia)|Jefferson Street]] in the west to [[East Broad Street (Savannah, Georgia)|East Broad Street]] in the east. It is interrupted by [[Colonial Park Cemetery]] from [[Abercorn Street]] to [[Habersham Street]]. Originally known only as Hull Street singular, its addresses are now split between "West Hull Street" and "East Hull Street", the transition occurring at [[Bull Street]] in the center of the downtown area. Hull Street is named for commodore [[Isaac Hull]], who served in the [[War of 1812]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cope |first=Tony |title=It's Not That Lincoln |publisher=The Abercorn Press |year=2016}}</ref> The street is entirely within [[Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia)|Savannah Historic District]], a [[National Historic Landmark District]].<ref name="nrhpinv2">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}}</ref>

Hull Street passes through three squares on their northern side. From west to east:

*[[Orleans Square (Savannah, Georgia)|Orleans Square]] *[[Chippewa Square (Savannah, Georgia)|Chippewa Square]] *[[Crawford Square (Savannah, Georgia)|Crawford Square]]

==Notable buildings and structures== {{see also|Buildings in Savannah Historic District}} [[File:Julius Perlinski House.jpg|thumb|upright|Julius Perlinski House, 22 West Hull Street]] Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Hull Street, all in Savannah's Historic District. From west to east:<ref>[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>

*John H. Ash House, 114–116 West Hull Street (1817) *Julius Perlinski House, 22 West Hull Street (circa 1903) *John Scudder Property (I), 20 West Hull Street (1858) *John Scudder Property (II), 18 West Hull Street (1857) *Louis Knorr Property, 16 West Hull Street (1896) *Honora Foley Property ("Foley House Inn"), 14 West Hull Street (1896)

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[[Category:Roads in Savannah, Georgia]] [[Category:Streets in Georgia (U.S. state)]]