Drouillard-Maupas House
Why it's listed
This raised cottage on Abercorn Street in Savannah dates to about 1799 and was first the plantation house of Andre Drouillard, an emigre from the French West Indies who reached Savannah around 1797. The first floor is Savannah grey brick, and the weatherboarded second floor is wood-framed. A shed-roofed front porch on brick piers, with square chamfered posts and a simple balustrade, is reached by an exterior stair. Each floor has a central hallway with a room on either side, and the front and rear doors helped cool the house in humid weather. Drouillard's grandson, John Maupas, later ran a dairy farm here. The house left the family in the 1940s and has been in commercial use since. The rear porch was enclosed in the 1930s and a concrete-block wing was added in the 1950s, yet the main house kept its integrity. It was listed as a rare late 18th-century coastal cottage, one of few such buildings left in Georgia.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues it is a rare surviving late 18th-century coastal cottage, with a wood-framed second floor raised on a masonry first floor. It is described as one of the few remaining 18th-century buildings in Georgia, and it is significant at the state level under Criterion C for architecture.
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 91000558, listed May 13, 1991. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 2422 Abercorn St., Savannah |
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| County | Chatham County |
| Listed | May 13, 1991 |
| Reference number | 91000558 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | C. 1799 |
| Architectural style | Other: Coastal Cottage |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Changed to commercial use in the 1940s and still in commercial use at the time of nomination; surrounding buildings are all nonhistoric. |
| Acreage | 0.2 |
| Within district | Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District |
| Coordinates | 32.05333, -81.09877 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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 91000558.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q134149177
- This listing as JSON
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