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Green-Meldrim House

It was designed by New York architect John Norris and built in 1850 for cotton merchant Charles Green. At a cost of $93,000, this Gothic Revival wonder (featuring a crenellated roof and a porch embellished with filigree ironwork) is an amazing confection of a building. Much of the material for the construction was brought over from England as ballast on Mr. Green’s trading vessels, demonstrating some of the canny planning that helped him became rich enough to afford this mansion. The inside is also opulently decorated with mantels of marble, including 2 in the drawing room of Carrara, carved black-walnut woodwork, and doorknobs and hinges of either silver plate or porcelain.

Martha Summerell passed on the information that the lower (gothic) part of the gate and fencing are original to the house.

It was General William Tecumseh Sherman's personal headquarters during the 1864 occupation of Savannah. It was from here the general had the nerv...

I am just an old grandmother soul that has been creating since I first got a chubby baby fist on a crayon. For decades, I have worked in a variety of media, in many sizes, and in several themes. Some may reoccur and occasionally mingle with others. My artwork sprawls from impressionist over to, but never reaching, absolute realism. It reflects my life, mental state and interests. I adore dramatic color and very often lean towards a blue/orange dynamic. Skies are rarely calm, buildings should look old and lived in, and people should make you wish you could meet them. I don't exactly have a 'chosen art form'. I began with hand-built figures, added watercolors, then acrylics. Along the way, I have tried marble, bronze-casting... I...