Fairway Oaks-Greenview Historic District

Fairway Oaks-Greenview is a suburban neighborhood about three miles southwest of downtown Savannah, formed by two connected subdivisions built between 1950 and the early 1960s beside the Bacon Park golf course. Fairway Oaks, laid out by Max Hostetter and James Richmond, broke from Savannah's traditional grid with curving streets, cul-de-sacs and wooded lots of varied shapes. Greenview, begun in 1956, added larger and more elaborate houses, several by Savannah architects. The district holds 207 contributing resources, mostly one-story brick-veneered Ranch houses, American Small Houses, Split-Levels and two-story Colonial Revival and Monterey homes. Many use salvaged Savannah Grey brick. Its significance lies in being among the first upscale Savannah subdivisions to follow the Federal Housing Administration's preferred planning model, and in preserving a varied collection of mid-century houses once occupied by local business and civic leaders. The houses are still used as single-family homes.