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Stop 3 of 8 · Savannah Walking Tour

Mary Telfair Gave the House Away

Telfair Academy, Savannah

3 min story8-stop walk

The story

You're standing in front of the Telfair Academy, a stucco-finished mansion on Telfair Square that takes up an entire city block.

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Savannah · 8 stops · 1 h 20 min · 2.3 mi

1
Savannah City Hall
A Gold Dome and Four Missing ChariotsPhoto: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2
Johnson Square
The General Under the ObeliskPhoto: Tjbliss, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3You're here
Telfair Academy
Mary Telfair Gave the House AwayPhoto: Bubba73 (Jud McCranie), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
4
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
Daisy's House, and the Girls Who Saved ItPhoto: KWhiteJGLB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5
Owens-Thomas House
Blue Ceiling Behind the Regency MansionPhoto: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
6
Chippewa Square
The General Still Watching for SpainPhoto: Alecconnell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
The Colony That Banned CatholicsPhoto: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8
Forsyth Park
The Park on Borrowed GroundPhoto: Bubba73 (Jud McCranie), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.