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Designed by British architect William Jay in the Regency style around 1819 for Alexander Telfair, this neoclassical mansion later became the core of the Telfair Academy art museum.
Historical Marker
Telfair Family Mansion
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About this site
Telfair Family Mansion is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 1954. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0789, -81.0949 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Telfair Academy, Trinity Methodist Church, and Telfair Museum of ART.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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