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| BACKSTORY: The Hamilton-Turner Inn was built in 1873 for Samuel Pugh Hamilton and his family. Mr. Hamilton and his wife, Sarah V. Hamilton, created a social center for Savannah’s elite, hosting a variety of society activities in their home.The Hamilton mansion was the first residence in Savannah with electricity. Spectators witnessing the inaugural room lighting feared the house would explode! In 1915 Dr. Francis Turner purchased the house from the Hamilton estate. He and his family lived there until 1926, when they opened the house up for boarding. The Turner family sold the house to the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in 1965. The Cathedral purchased the property to provide a playground for their school, nearby. Once this plan published, the Historic Savannah Foundation began petitioning to save the house from demolition. After years of negotiations the mansion was saved from destruction in the late 1960s by the Historic Savannah Association, a non-profit organization founded in 1955 to protect endangered buildings in Savannah’s historic district. Over the next 30 years the Hamilton-Turner House—under several owners and management—was an apartment building. The house was embroiled in scandal under the management of Joe Odom. His raucous parties—made famous through the John Berendt book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil  —troubled neighbors on Lafayette Square. The Hamilton-Turner mansion was converted into a bed and breakfast in 1997 by Charlie and Sue Strickland. The Hamilton-Turner Inn restoration and preservation passed to Rob and Jane Sales in February of 2003. The present owners Gay and Jim Dunlop take seriously the task of continuing the legacy of maintaining and upgrading this fine historic building in cooperation with the Historic Savannah Foundation and have returned The Hamilton-Turner Inn to its original grandeur.To view their website, click here. Daveland HIGHLY recommends this beautiful B&B. |
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DINING ROOM |
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Eli Whitney /Room 103 |
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