Savannah Avenue Historic District
Also known as: See Also:Donehoo--Brannen House
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Why it's listed
Savannah Avenue in Statesboro, Georgia, was once the main road to Savannah and became the town's first suburb. The historic district covers about 50 acres of mostly single-family houses laid out on a grid, with sidewalks, rear alleys, uniform setbacks and tree-lined medians on College Boulevard and Park Avenue. Development began after 1907, when the South Georgia Land Company sold lots in the Highland Park Subdivision. Builder Joe Fields later put up inexpensive bungalows, some bought from Sears and Roebuck, for soldiers returning from World War I. Building continued into the 1940s. The result is a mixed streetscape of Georgian cottages, American Foursquares, Neoclassical, Spanish Colonial, Tudor and Colonial Revival houses, and Craftsman bungalows. The grand Donehoo-Brannen House, built 1915-1917, is the district's only Neoclassical Revival example. The district was listed for its architecture and for what it shows about automobile-era suburban planning in early 20th-century Georgia.
Significance in brief: The district is described as Statesboro's first suburb. It is significant in architecture for its range of styles and house types popular in Georgia in the first half of the 20th century. It is also significant in community planning and development because it shows post-railroad growth away from the city center and the influence of the automobile on suburban layout.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 96001339, listed November 15, 1996. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Along Savannah Ave. and E. Grady St. between S. Crescent Cir., Statesboro |
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| County | Bulloch County |
| Listed | November 15, 1996 |
| Reference number | 96001339 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1907-1946 |
| Architect / builder | Edward C. Hosford & Company (Eastman, GA), architect, and J. B. Sargent (Statesboro), builder, for the Donehoo-Brannen House at 332 Savannah Avenue; Walter Alred, architect of houses at 322, 326, and 340 Savannah Avenue; Joe Fields, local builder of bungalows. |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival); Bungalow/Craftsman |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Community Planning and Development |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Current function is still domestic, single dwelling; the district is exclusively residential. |
| Acreage | 50 |
| Coordinates | 32.44577, -81.77525 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 96001339.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q30622041
- This listing as JSON
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