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An Apollonaut travel guide
Moments in a longer story.
Selected milestones in the history of the Davenport House.
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A builder’s house and its rescue
These dates describe the place you can learn about here. They are not a company timeline for Apollonaut.
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1820
The house is completed
Isaiah Davenport completes his Federal-style house on Columbia Square.
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1827
Davenport dies
His widow, Sarah, later runs the house as a boarding house.
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1840
The Baynard family
Sarah Davenport sells the house to the Baynard family, who keep it for 109 years.
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1930s
A survey
The house is documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey.
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1955
Saved from demolition
Citizens buy the house, the first act of the Historic Savannah Foundation.
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9 March 1963
A museum opens
The first floor opens to visitors as a museum.
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1972
National Register
The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Follow the stories behind the dates
A timeline is a beginning. The longer history introduces the people and places; the sources below provide further context.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
