124 East Bay Street

124 East Bay Street is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located in Savannah's Historic District, parts of the building date to 1817.[4] The Savannah Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and this building is a contributing property.[4][5]

124 East Bay Street
The building in 2020
General information
Location124 East Bay Street[1]
Town or citySavannah, Georgia
CountryUnited States
Coordinates32.081037°N 81.089346°W / 32.081037; -81.089346
ClientRiver Street Inn
Technical details
Floor count5
River Street Inn
Part ofSavannah Historic District (ID66000277)
Significant dates
Designated NHLNovember 13, 1966[2]
Designated CPNovember 13, 1966[3]

History

"Taking up an entire city block and wrapped around a gorgeous central atrium, the five-story structure first operated as a storing, grading, and exporting facility for cotton. The floors of the lower two levels were built in 1817 out of recycled ballast stone with wide, arched doorways to accommodate moving large bales of cotton, while the top three floors, added in 1853, have floor-to-ceiling windows to allow maximum light into what was once used as offices, for the factors."[6]

River Street Inn

The top four floors have been occupied since 1986 by River Street Inn,[6] named for the street it backs onto, and which serves the lower three floors, the former warehouses. The inn is a member of the Historic Hotels of America program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[6] The first floor (accessible from River Street) is given over to a restaurant.

In 2021, local ABC affiliate WJCL investigated whether it is haunted.[7]

See also

References
  1. Contact us – River Street Inn's official website
  2. "Savannah Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  4. River Street Inn Historical Marker – Historical Marker Database
  5. Savannah Historic District nomination form
  6. "River Street Inn". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  7. Brooke Butler (November 1, 2021). "Is Savannah's River Street Inn haunted? Paranormal investigators, psychic visit historic hotel".
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