• General James Edward Oglethorpe is revered as the founder of the Colony of Georgia and the designer of Savannah's systematic layout of blocks for residences, businesses, and parks.

• An overview of downtown Savannah from the Savannah River bridge

• An overview of downtown Savannah from the Savannah River bridge

• The Marshall House was our hotel for our three nights in Savannah.

• Our hotel room's original wood floor

• A view from our hotel room window. The tower reaching above the trees is one of the towers on the Savannah River suspension bridge.

• The Christian Camphor Cottage - Originally what is now the second floor was the ground floor. It was raised and the brick ground floor was built under it.

• Note this says 'raised', not 'razed' in 1871.

• The Christian Camphor House

• This is a very common historic home design in Savannah. It was called a 'five-over-four-and-a-door' by the guide on our walking tour.

• A side view of the house in the previous photo

• There are many huge Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in Savannah. The massive branches sometimes reach to the ground.

• We are standing in one of Savannah's 22 park squares.

• Davenport House

• The Kehoe House

• The Kehoe House is now an inn

• The Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters are part of the Telfair Museums. It was closed on this day so we could not tour it.

• This is the 'House' part of the Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters.

• Tabby is a very robust and long-lasting construction material used in this area for centuries.

• Former Chatham County Courthouse - It was built in 1889 and designed by William G. Preston in the Romanesque Revival architectural style.

• Independent Presbyterian Church

• St. Johns Church (left) and Green-Meldrim House (right)

• The Gothic Revival style Green-Meldrim House was designed by architect John Norris and built in 1853. The property's first owner was Charles Green, a wealthy cotton merchant.

• After the Union troops captured Savannah in 1864, Sherman occupied the house and used it as a headquarters until the end of the Civil War. It is now owned by St. Johns Church and is used as their Parish Hall.

• Green-Meldrim House interior

• A model of this area of Savannah. The Green-Meldrim House is behind St. Johns Church (spire).

• Model: Green-Meldrim House (left) and St. Johns Church (right)

• A special page from the guest register

• Mercer Williams House Museum

• 'The house was the scene of the 1981 shooting death of Danny Hansford by the home's owner, Jim Williams, a story that is retold in the 1994 John Berendt book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.' - Wikipedia

• Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

• Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

• St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

• We viewed the exteriors of two mid-century modern homes at this intersection in Savannah.

• This steel-structured home won a number of architectural awards.

• 'The Grey' is an upscale restaurant and bar in a superbly restored and repurposed Greyhound Bus station. We had lunch here.

• Moses, our tour bus driver, added to the ambiance.