Marist Place
Marist Place is a historic building located at 123 East Charlton Street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It stands in the southwest tything of Lafayette Square, in Savannah's Historic District.
| Marist Place | |
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![]() Marist Place in 2013, when the current business was a partnership | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Savannah, Georgia, United States |
| Address | 123 East Charlton Street, Lafayette Square |
| Coordinates | 32°04′21″N 81°05′32″W |
| Owner | 1919 – 1939 Marist School for Boys Present Bergen Bergen & Thomas |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
The building was home to the Marist School for Boys between 1919 and 1939.[1]
A plaque on the building, erected June 9, 1989, by Colonel Joseph B. Bergen, Class of 1939,[1] reads:
The site of Marist School for Boys, 1919 – 1939, Grammar School Operated by Marist Brothers of the Schools: Last graduating class, June 9, 1939, Rev. Brother Eugene Bergeron, F.M.S., teacher; Reverend Brother Nicholas Whiteside, F.M.S., principal; Rev. Monsignor T. James McNamara, pastor, and Most Reverend Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara, D.D., J.U.D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.[1]
Bergen was the senior partner of the current building occupants, attorneys-at-law Bergen Bergen & Thomas,[2] with his son, Frederick Shearouse Bergen, J.D. He died in 2007, aged 82.[3]
Gallery
Plaque
From Lafayette Square
References
- "When the Marists left Savannah" - Southern Cross, Diocese of Savannah
- Bergen Bergan & Thomas
- Joseph Bodell Bergen - Legacy.com
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marist Place (Savannah). |

