{"nrhp_refnum":"74000664","name":"Green-Meldrim House","other_names":["St. John's Parish House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Macon and Bull Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Savannah","county":"Chatham County","state":"GA","lat":32.07396280900008,"lon":-81.09471391199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-01-21","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1976-05-11","areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Gothic Revival mansion on Madison Square at Macon and Bull Streets in Savannah, Georgia, begun in 1850 for Charles Green and also known as St. John's Parish House.","why_significant":"The nomination cites its architectural merit as an urban Gothic Revival house, its link to New York architect John S. Norris, and its role as the home of the Charles Green family. It also notes that General Sherman made his Savannah headquarters there from December 1864 to February 1865.","narrative":"Begun in 1850 on Madison Square in Savannah, this two-story brick house was built for Charles Green, an English-born cotton and shipping merchant. Its Gothic Revival features include oriel windows, a crenellated parapet, extensive ironwork and a unique entrance portico with two arches on octagonal columns. Inside are a long entrance hall, a freestanding stair with wrought iron balusters, marble mantels, carved woodwork and elaborate plaster ceilings. Construction took eleven years, and family records put the cost at $93,000, reportedly the most expensive house in Savannah to that date. New York architect John S. Norris is connected with the work, though his exact role is uncertain. General William T. Sherman used the house as his headquarters from December 1864 to February 1865. Judge Peter W. Meldrim bought it in 1892, and St. John's Church acquired it in 1943 for use as a parish house. The church renovated it in 1968 and still uses it for meetings.","period_of_significance":"1850-61","architect_builder":"John S. Norris (possible supervision/design, acted as agent for Charles Green); Charles Green, original owner","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Renovated by St. John's Church in 1968 and used for church meetings and functions; condition listed as excellent and occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.758488-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74000664.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000664/8cec38e11b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000664/8cec38e11b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green-Meldrim_House,_Savannah,_GA,_US.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green-Meldrim_House,_Savannah,_GA,_US.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000277","name":"Savannah Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/savannah-historic-district-66000277/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207310","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%E2%80%93Meldrim_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5602182"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/chatham-county/green-meldrim-house-74000664/"}