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Robert M. Hitch House

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1910, Hyman W. Witcover. 2601 Atlantic Ave., Chatham Crescent

Among the most desirable building sites in the Chatham Crescent development were those fronting the spacious Atlantic Avenue mall, where the divided street flanks a generous green space and palmetto-lined walkway. Built for prominent Savannah lawyer (and later mayor) Hitch, the house stands back on its site, fronted by a landscaped and terraced front yard. The Mediterranean Revival house features stone-trimmed windows set against the stucco walls and crowned by a dramatically projecting and bracketed cornice, where small windows indicate a third floor. A porte-cochere on the north side strays slightly from the symmetrical composition. Witcover also designed the Spanish Colonial Revival house at 102 E. 44th Street.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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What's Nearby

Savannah Arts Academy (Savannah High School)
Blessed Sacrament Catholic School
Chatham Crescent
House
The Cottage Shop (Drouillard-Maupaus House)

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Robert M. Hitch House", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-14.4.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 225-225.

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