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Cathedral Parochial School

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1954, Benjamin P. Ritzert. 324 Abercorn St.

The compact horizontality of this modernist building’s tight assemblage of boxes and planes contrasts with the Gothic verticality of the cathedral across the street. Even so, the school clearly echoes the church in its color palette and the relief portraying Our Lady of Grace over the glass entrance, which repeats the church’s southern entrance portal dedicated to the Virgin Mary as “Regina Coeli” (Queen of Heaven). Savannah architect Ritzert’s careful use of glass block, aluminum sun screens, and outdoor walkways makes this a sophisticated, regionally specific functionalist composition.

Writing Credits

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

Hamilton-Turner Inn (Samuel Pugh Hamilton House)
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Convent and Academy of St. Vincent DePaul
Lafayette Square
Unitarian Universalist Church (Unitarian Church)

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Cathedral Parochial School", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-8.18.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 148-148.

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