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Home that helped launch historic preservation movement in Savannah, Georgia, gets facelift

Historic Savannah Foundation is renovating exterior of circa-1820s home that is now a museum
The Davenport House was saved from demolition in the mid-1950s and converted into a museum. It's now one of Savannah's most popular tourist destinations. (Historic Savannah Foundation)
The Davenport House was saved from demolition in the mid-1950s and converted into a museum. It's now one of Savannah's most popular tourist destinations. (Historic Savannah Foundation)
CoStar News
December 17, 2025 | 10:27 P.M.

A former carpenter’s home that helped kick-start the historic preservation movement in the coastal city of Savannah, Georgia, is getting its first facelift since the early 1990s.

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