Included with GeorgiaRoam+SCAD Residence Halls
Old hotels and schoolhouses reborn as art-student dorms
Self-guided driving tour in Savannah · 4.2 mi · driving · ~57m · 4 stops
The Tour
Old hotels and schoolhouses reborn as art-student dorms. A self-guided Georgia Roam tour of SCAD in Savannah.
SCAD Residence Halls is a self-guided driving tour of Savannah, built around its campus side. It's one of 20 Georgia Roam tours in Savannah — each a different route through the city, on your own schedule.
The walk covers 4 stops over about 4.2 miles and roughly 57 minutes, entirely at your own pace. Each stop's story unlocks on your phone the moment you arrive — GPS-triggered, hands-free, no guide and no tour group to keep up with.
What you'll see
Where do thousands of art students live in a historic city? Many live in buildings that started out as something else. This short driving tour visits SCAD residence halls with past lives, including a 1960s motor inn, a downtown hotel built around a courtyard and a 1906 public schoolhouse, plus a newer apartment-style complex near the college's downtown core.
It shows another side of SCAD's preservation story: turning hotels and schools into student housing while keeping their outward character. Look for mid-century motel lines on one building, and the brick and tall windows of an early public school on another.
These are working residence halls, so view them from the street and respect residents' privacy. The tour pairs well with the main SCAD tour for families visiting a student, or for anyone curious how the college fits into everyday Savannah. The Georgia Roam app shares each building's backstory as you reach it.
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