Owens-Thomas House

Owens-Thomas House is Savannah's finest example of its style and period and among the nation's best, an outstanding work of architect William Jay, who completed its designs before his twenty-first birthday and came to America in 1817 to supervise construction. Built from 1816 to 1819 for Savannah merchant Richard Richardson, the mansion reflects the English Regency period in the Greek Revival style, with particularly notable and in many features unique interiors. Its tabby basement is of much earlier date and preserves the original trim of the de Brahm house that once stood on the site. General LaFayette stayed here as a guest of the city during his 1825 visit to Savannah and addressed the populace from the south balcony. In 1951 Margaret Gray Thomas left the mansion in trust to the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences; her grandfather, distinguished lawyer and Member of Congress George W. Owens, had acquired the property from the Bank of the United States. It is now a historic house museum.

Savannah, Georgia · United States